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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

City of London 1896

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896

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15
SHELTER FOR
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
DURING DISINFECTION,
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sec. 60
(Sub-Sec. 4).
The premises at No. 6, Cotton Street,
Aldersgate Street, described in former Reports,
continue in active operation.

Table: Thirty-one families, comprising 59 adults and 48 children, total 107 persons, were provided with lodging and food during the disinfection of their houses, after the following diseases:—

Thirty-one families, comprising 59 adults and 48 children, total 107 persons, were provided with lodging and food during the disinfection of their houses, after the following diseases:—

Scarlet fever17
Diphtheria12
Enteric Fever2
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Of the above, 21 families had been living in
one room and 10 in two rooms.
The recipients were, with one exception,
orderly and well conducted.