Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927
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SUMMARY FOR YEAR. Rooms, Bedding and Clothing Disinfected during the Year ending 31st December, 1927.
Month | Number of Rooms | Total No. of Articles | ||||||||||||
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Scarlet Fever | Dipththeria | Smallpox | Enteric Fever | Erysipelas | Pneumonia | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Measles | Cancer | Scabies | Verminous Conditions | Other Conditions | Total No. of Rooms | ||
January | 44 | 64 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 16 | 2 | .. | 3 | 10 | 6 | 147 | 2280 |
February | 32 | 59 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | .. | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 121 | 1442 |
March | 48 | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | .. | •• | 4 | 10 | 5 | 132 | 2055 |
April | 52 | 43 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 31 | 2 | 141 | 1333 |
May | 36 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | •• | 3 | .. | 1 | 82 | 4 | 153 | 1098 | |
June | 34 | 33 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | .. | 2 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 112 | 1211 |
July | 70 | 21 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 3 | 17 | 7 | 129 | 1419 |
August | 61 | 23 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 61 | 4 | 156 | 1154 |
September | 57 | 33 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 4 | 37 | 7 | 146 | 1175 | |
October | 61 | 41 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | .. | 5 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 156 | 1685 |
November | 49 | 40 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 132 | 2200 |
December | 47 | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 103 | 3286 |
Totals | 591 | 457 | .. | 3 | 4 | 4 | 121 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 337 | 60 | 1628 | 20338 |
No. of articles destroyed by request 180
Articles disinfected in Formalin Chamber, such as boots, boxes, etc. (included in 20,338 above) 1,250
In addition, 610 library books were disinfected.