Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1905]
The sub-joined table gives a summary of the chief articles of clothing and
bedding, etc., disinfected during the past two years.
TABLE CXVIII.
1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year 1905 | 1904. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beds | 428 | 420 | 569 | 621 | 2,038 | 1.855 |
Blankets | 735 | 679 | 791 | 1,084 | 3,289 | 2,858 |
Bolsters | 315 | 302 | 366 | 467 | 1,450 | 1,291 |
Carpets | 61 | 88 | 86 | 179 | 414 | 317 |
Chair Bed Cushions | 68 | 42 | 93 | 126 | 329 | 315 |
Mattresses | 246 | 241 | 353 | 389 | 1,229 | 1,023 |
Palliasses | 356 | 338 | 355 | 429 | 1,478 | 1,440 |
Pillows | 791 | 722 | 908 | 1,089 | 3,510 | 3,129 |
Quilts | 336 | 344 | 470 | 558 | 1,708 | 1,509 |
Sheets | 717 | 72 ? | 898 | 1.083 | 3,425 | 3,021 |
Other Articles | 1,207 | 1,187 | 1,901 | 2,298 | 6,593 | 5,110 |
Totals | 5,260 | 5.090 | 6,790 | 8,323 | 25,463 | 21,868 |
The following is a record of the work performed by the Steam Disinfectors during the past eleven years :—
1895 | 17,240 articles. |
1896 | 42,258 „ |
1897 | 28,302 „ |
1898 | 20,172 „ |
1899 | 25,378 „ |
1900 | 19,136 „ |
1901 | 27,050 „ |
1902 | 36,772 „ |
1903 | 23.748 „ |
1904 | 21,868 „ |
1905 | 25,463 „ |
Total for ten years | 287,387 „ |