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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 1897

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1897

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number of premises disinfected is accounted for
by the fact that in some instances several cases
occurred in one house; whilst in others notifications
were received in duplicate.
SHELTER FOR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
HIRING DISINFECTION.
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sec. 60
(Sub-Sec. 4).
The establishment at No. 6, Cotton Street,
Aldersgate Street, continues in active operation.
Nineteen families, comprising 36 adults and
36 children, total 72 persons, were provided
with lodging, food and attendance during the
disinfection of their houses after the following
diseases:—
Scarlet fever 9
Diphtheria 9
Small-pox 1
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Of the above, 10 families came from homes
consisting of three rooms, 8 two rooms, and 1
one room.