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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
Lambeth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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DISINFECTION STATISTICS—continued
| 1890 to 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1902 | 1904 | 1906 | 1906 | Yearly average for 17 yrs. succeeding the Notification Act. | 1907 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases in which Bedding, etc., has been disinfected.—At Home... | 423 | 593 | 343 | 177 | 251 | 368 | 217 | 132 | 81 | 62 | 37 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 881 § | 170.8 | 1096§ |
| At Chamber | 2961 | 2541 | 3042 | 2206 | 2472 | 2447 | 2126 | 2424 | 2998 | 2450 | 3040 | 3702 | 3253 | 3107 | 3583 | 2484 | 2653.2 | 4781 |
| No. of cases in which Bedding, etc., has been destroy ed. | 466 | 314 | 224 | 119 | 6 | 49 | 39 | 44 | 59 | 75 | 134 | 62 | 53 | 47 | 33 | 106.8 | 44 | |
| No. of Articles of Bedding, etc., disinfected. | 9760 | 9909 | 11513 | 8022 | 1351 | 20349 | 21487 | 21597 | 27923 | 27528 | 27265 | 41029* | 26957 | 26359 | 51552 | 22850 | 215469 | 24891 |
| No. of Articles of Bedding, etc., destroyed | 800 | 605 | 674 | 544 | 186 | 178 | 162 | 126 | 326 | 1783 | 959 | 1006* | 587 | 479 | 519 | 419 | 558.4 | 200 |
| Premises disinfected and dis intectants supplied | 3538 | 3157 | 5896 | 5742 | 7146 | 7210 | 8715 | 8441 | 9146 | 9124 | 9522 | 12607 | 10984 | 12367 | 13212 | 11735 | 7925.4 | 11808 |
| Infectious Diseases dealt wiih Notifiable† | 1676 | 3025 | 4070 | 2433 | 2685 | 2801 | 2663 | 2329 | 2693 | 2209 | 2025 | 4273 | 1587 | 1938 | 1853 | 2074 | 2550.7 | 2140 |
| Non-Notifiable† | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 87 | 144 | 1339 | 1702 | 1376 | 1094 | 2269 | 2638 | 3927 | 2388 | 1469.6 | 404 7 |
* Including 26145 and 355 Smallpox articles disinfected and destroyed respectively in 1902.
† The Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, came into force on January 1st, 1892, and previous to 1896
practically no attention was paid to disinfection in connection with the non-notifiable infectious diseases.
§ This number is increased for 1905 and 1907 on account of bedding, etc., no longer being removed to the Disinfection Station
as a routine in connection with Measles, Whooping Cough and Chicken-pox
N.B.—The Statistics for 19017 refer to the Borough Council; those for all previous years, to the late Vestry.