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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

Battersea 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Table: Disinfecting Department.

Disinfecting Department.

Summary of Work Carried out during 1938.
Total premises disinfected2,397
Rooms disinfected2,502
Staircases disinfected86
Schools disinfected11
Number of articles laundered19,113
„ ,, destroyed271
,, verminous, &c., persons (including 4,212 school children)4,240
,, infectious disease contacts dealt with395
,, library books collected395
Articles.No.Weight.
Tonscwts.qrs.lbs.
Bedding, &c., disinfected37,78593330
Ditto (articles from shelters and Cleansing Station, &c.)9,037(not weighed)
Bedding, &c., lent1,6485105
Verminous clothing, &c.23,20053014
Articles from Welfare Centres3,011(not weighed)
Total74,6811037319

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Coroner's Court and Mortuary.
The London County Council's lease of the Coroner's Court
was renewed as from 1st April, 1938, on a yearly basis at an
increased rent.
Details as to the number of inquests held at the Coroner's
Court, and bodies received into the Mortuary during 1938 are set
out in the table on the following page.