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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
Port of London 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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table xxiii.
Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1908.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Hospital Bedding, &c. | Total Effects. | Number of times SI earn Disinfector was used. | Disinfected by Fumigation. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken-pox. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Suspected Plague. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Precautionary Measure. | |||||
| January | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | • • • | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | 38 | ... |
| February | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 8 | 12 | 11 | ... |
| March | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 14 | 11 | 2 |
| April | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 17 | 9 | 1 |
| May | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 16 | 14 | ... |
| June | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 16 | 12 | ... |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 15 | 18 | ... |
| August | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 2 |
| September | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 17 | 15 | ... |
| October | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| November | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| December | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ... |
| Totals | 11 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 17 | ... | 12 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 150 | 157 | 7 |
NUISANCES.
The total number of nuisances reported during the year was 4,112. Of
these, 3,864 were on vessels, 241 in buildings and places on shore, whilst
7 related to the River.
Three hundred and seventeen were complaints of nuisance from smoke, 30
from offensive cargoes, 11 arising from defective drains, 424 from defects of
a structural character, while 3,137 were complaints of dirty and insanitary
quarters on board ship.
Dealing with these nuisances involved the sending of 608 written
intimations, while 103 Statutory Notices were served in cases where such a
step was necessary.
Legal proceedings were taken in the case of three vessels on account of
smoke nuisances, in one of which a conviction was obtained, the Master of the
vessel having to pay fines and costs amounting to 9l 15s., while in two cases
the summonses were dismissed on technical grounds (see Table XXX).