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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

Camberwell 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Table: Table X—Return of Work carried out at the Disinfecting Station during the Year 1903. ARTICLES DISINFECTED AND RETURNED TO OWNERS.

Table X—Return of Work carried out at the Disinfecting Station during the Year 1903. ARTICLES DISINFECTED AND RETURNED TO OWNERS.

Beds 1,182Sheets 1,351Blankets 1,832Mattresses 652Palliasses 331Carpets 39Pillows 1,364Quilts 975Cushions 324Curtains 45Bolsters 828
DISINFECTION IN CONNECTION WITH SMALL POX.
Rooms Stripped 10Rooms Washed 10Staircases Washed 18Passages Washed 18W.C.'s Sprayed 32Contacts' Clothing Disinfected. 113
UNSOUND FOOD, ETC., DESTROYED.
Beef 8cwt.Fish 6 trunksCrabs 2 barrelsBananas 24lbs.
Houses Visited 2,030Rooms Disinfected 1,416Books Destroyed 163Palliasses and Mattresses Destroyed (Brought in by Council's Dust Carts) 1,806
Mattresses Re-tabbed 700Miscellaneous Articles Destroyed 1,952

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