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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

Finsbury 1905

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops

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Table: The actual number of occupancies disinfected during 1905, was as follows:-

The actual number of occupancies disinfected during 1905, was as follows:-

VaricellaSmall-poxScarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverPuerperal FeverMeasles.PhthisisFor Vermin, etc.Totals
January——15104—50222103
February——2091—225—57
March——3112——4510—98
April——1510—15014191
May-—24101155263120
June——248514410193
July——37158152116130
August——4810111512390
September——771112—3112116
October——57197——4592
November——38182——17378
December——525——313376
——438137415339155291144

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In disinfection after infectious disease we use Formic Aldehyde
gas (30 tabloids to every 1,000 cubic feet). After Phthisis we
spray the room with Chloride of Lime (1-2 per cent). For
disinfection of verminous rooms Sulphur is used. When necessary
we employ Lingner's Glyco-Formal apparatus for schools, etc.
By whatever method gaseous disinfection is practised it may
porve ineffectual on account of the fact that what is required is that
the disinfectant should be applied directly to infected surfaces of a
room. It is therefore better, wherever practicable, to apply the
disinfectant by washing or spraying. Accordingly we have adopted
the spray method in certain cases, and disinfectant solution (chloride
of lime, 1-2 per cent.) is sprayed on to walls, floors, etc. Thorough
and wet cleansing of infected surfaces is the desideratum.