London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kensington 1899
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1899
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been expended at Islington, and that a large amount might
be saved on the present cost of disinfection. But the committee
came to the conclusion, upon what grounds I do not
know, that "it is not desirable that the Vestry should provide
their own disinfecting station in the parish, but that the
disinfecting and cleansing of clothing, bedding, &c., should
continue to be entrusted to the present contractors." The
committee accordingly recommended "that no variation be
made in the arrangements at present in force for the execution
of this work," and their report was adopted.