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supposed to be infectious, she must disinfect herself and all her
instruments and other appliances to the satisfaction of the Local
Authority, and must have her clothing thoroughly disinfected
before going to another labour. Unless otherwise directed by the
Local Supervising Authority, all washable clothing should be
boiled, and other clothing should be sent to be stoved (by the
Local Authority) and then exposed to the open air for several
days."
In Battersea one of the tenements at the Reception Shelter is
used for the disinfection of midwives and monthly nurses who
have been in attendance on patients suffering from puerperal
fever and other infectious cases. The nurse has a disinfectant
bath, and her clothing, bag, instruments and other appliances are
disinfected at the Disinfecting Station which adjoins the Shelter.
During 1909, three midwives and thirteen nurses attended at the
Reception Shelter for purposes of disinfection.
Mortuary.
The total number of bodies received at the Mortuary in
Sheepcote Lane during 1909 was 269, as compared with 259 in
1908, and an annual average for the Parish of Battersea for the
five years 1896-1900 of 288. On 258 of these bodies inquests were
held, and eleven were received for sanitary or other reasons.