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Hackney 1910
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1910
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DISINFECTION.
(a) During the year 1910 there were 1,512 rooms fumigated and
585 rooms cleansed in Hackney by the staff of the Public Health
Department. In these totals is included the disinfection after
cases of phthisis, measles, and whooping cough.
The fumigation and cleansing done each month is set out in
the following table:—
Number of Rooms Fumigated and Cleansed each Month during 1910.
| Month. | Rooms Fumigated. | Rooms Cleansed. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 134 | 47 | The method of fumigation is by burning sulphur. After fumigation the rooms to be cleansed are stripped of their wall-paper and cleansed with a solution of carbolic acid. The ceilings are afterwards whitened. |
| February | 151 | 60 | |
| March | 105 | 37 | |
| April | 116 | 35 | |
| May | 129 | 39 | |
| June | 120 | 65 | |
| July | 116 | 36 | |
| August | 83 | 33 | |
| September | 126 | 55 | |
| October | 123 | 58 | |
| November | 133 | 63 | |
| December | 176 | 57 | |
| Total | 1,512 | 585 |
(b) Articles of Clothing and Furniture.— The number of articles
under this head disinfected at the Borough Disinfecting Station
during 1910 was 11,528. This number was 1,812 less than during
1909. The diminution was of course due to the diminished number
of cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the Borough during the
year as compared with the previous year.