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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

Deptford 1911

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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may be relied upon, whilst it is interesting to note that in
America there is a growing tendency to attach relatively
small importance to the role played by books in the dissemination
of sickness.

Table: Table SHEWING THE NUMBER OF PREMISES, ROOMS AND BEDDING DISINFECTED DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30TH, 1911.

Table SHEWING THE NUMBER OF PREMISES, ROOMS AND BEDDING DISINFECTED DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30TH, 1911.

1911Premises.Rooms.Beds.Pillows.Bolsters.MattressesSheets.Blankets.Odd Articles.Articles Destroyed.
January9610034602695067128
February8493357323124472240
March116120398028104670217
April921043966241540691161 Mattress
May748327632116395099
June75112164621184048207
July747546101442267661471 Bed, 2 mattresses.
August63745085391670531121 Mattress.
September829356103361767591431 Bed, 2 mattresses, 1 bolster, 1 odd article
October129145761485322881162521 Bed, 2 palliasses, 1 mattress.
N ovember128134771444818881312532 Beds, 1 mattress, 2 palliasses.
December10811845110351652971751 Bed, 1 bolster, 1 sheet, 1 odd article.
Total1121125154010793981916918982089

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