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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1910
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1910 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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APPENDIX O (1). Work of the Disinfectors during 1910.
| Month | No. of Rooms disinfected | Disinfections following Phthisis | No. of Rooms disinfected by request | No. of Articles destroyed at Station. | No. of Articles of Bedding disinfected at Station | No. of Articles disinfected in Formalin Chamber | No. of Cases in which Shelter was used | No. of Persons accommodated at Shelter | No. of hours for which Shelter was occupied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 1587 | Books,Boots,Dresses,Fancy Material, 2,400 | ... | ... | ... |
| February | 82 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1459 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| March | 66 | 21 | 4 | 1685 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| April | 76 | 20 | 6 | 1970 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| May | 60 | 12 | 12 | 85 | 1577 | ... | ... | ... | |
| June | 80 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1576 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| July | 11 | 9 | 3931 | ... | ... | ||||
| August | 67 | 18 | 5 | 2481 | ... | ... | |||
| September | 134 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2174 | ... | |||
| October | 104 | 18 | 2 | 1549 | 12 | ||||
| November | 72 | 20 | 3 | 6532 | ... | ||||
| December | 63 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 3390 | ||||
| 952 | 220 | 72 | 114 | 29,861 | 2,400 | 4 | 8 | 34 |
Number of Verminous people who were bathed and had their clothes disinfected at station during 1910.
Fifteen men, all from the Homeless Poor Asylum, Warner Place.