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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
Kensington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Date. | Name and Address of Defendant | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 21st | Dale—Skinner, 217, Brompton Road | Failure to send list of outworkers | Fined 20s. |
| „ | A. Barder, 193, Brompton Road | „ „ „ | „ |
| „ | H. Wetton, 22, Bute Street | „ „ „ | „ |
| „ | E. Brown, 43, Hans Crescent | „ „ „ | „ |
| „ | Harrods Ltd. | „ „ „ | „ |
| „ | Fine Needle Work Association, 6, Beauchamp Place | „ „ „ | „ |
| „ | Corby & Eads, 196, Brompton Road | „ „ „ | „ |
| „ | A. H. Pewsey, 41, Marloes Road | „ „ „ | „ |
| „ | D. Dancaster, 161, Cornwall Road C. Bierman, 62, Gloucester Road | „ „ „ | „ Withdrawn |
| „ | W. Parker, 22, Sussex Place | „ „ „ | „ |
DISINFECTION.
Bedding is disinfected at the Council's disinfecting station at Wood Lane by exposure to steam
under a pressure varying between 15 and 18 lbs. for 20 minutes. Soiled linen is disinfected by
boiling under a pressure of 10 lbs. for ten minutes in the rotary washing machine. Cloth stuffs,
dresses, etc., are disinfected by formalin vapour in the heated chamber of the steam disinfector. A
formalin cupboard has been constructed for the disinfection by formalin of leather, furs and other
articles which cannot be exposed to high temperatures. Rooms are disinfected by fumigation with
the formalin vapour generated by the volatilisation of 30 tablets of paraform. Thirty tablets are
guaranteed by the makers to produce 29 grammes of gaseous formaldehyde, an amount of vapour
which is. sufficient to disinfect a room of 1,000 c.ft. Rooms vacated by consumptive persons are first
sprayed with ½ per cent. solution of formic aldehyde (formalin 2 ounces to 1 gallon of water), and
then sealed and fumigated with formalin vapour.