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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

Wood Green 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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DISINFECTION.
The number of articles dealt with at the Disinfecting Station
during the year was as follows:—
Articles disinfected after tuberculosis 147
,, ,, ,, other infectious diseases 2,485
,, ,, ,, cancer 188
,, ,, on account of vermin 485
3,305
Articles destroyed 249

Table: The number of rooms disinfected by the Health Department was as follows:—

The number of rooms disinfected by the Health Department was as follows:—

After tuberculosis34
,, other infectious diseases294
,, cancer6
For vermin124
458

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Disinfestation.
During the past few years increasing attention has had to be
devoted to houses infested with bugs, and in my report for
1934 I described the method which we had found successful in
dealing with the problem in some of the Council houses on the