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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

Islington 1904

Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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161
1904
DISINFECTION.
Disinfection of Rooms.—2,195 rooms were disinfected after the occurrence
of an infectious disease. The disinfectant used has again been
formaldehyde either in its gaseous form or in solution (formalin), the latter being
applied as a spray. Since its adoption it has not been found necessary
to strip the paper from so many walls as formerly. It is very satisfactory
to find that in no single instance has there been a case of infectious disease
attributable to a failure in the disinfection.
The Cleansing and Stripping of Rooms.—396 rooms were cleansed
and their paper stripped from the walls. Although this return is 256 more
than that for 1903, it is no less than 918 below that for 1902.

Table: Disinfection of Schools.—In consequence of the prevalence either of Measles or Chicken Pox, or both, class rooms in the undermentioned schools were disinfected:—

Disinfection of Schools.—In consequence of the prevalence either of Measles or Chicken Pox, or both, class rooms in the undermentioned schools were disinfected:—

1st Quarter.
Hungerford Road.Montem Street.
Gifford Street.Upper Hornsey Road.
Grafton Road.St. Philip's, Arlington Square.
2nd Quarter.
Cottenham Road.St. Paul's (Dorset Street).
Gillespie Road.Ecclesbourne Road.
Chapel of Ease.St. John's (R.C.) Duncan Terrace.
Wesleyan Schools (Drayton Park).
3rd Quarter.
Station Road.Workhouse Schools.
Montem Road.
4th Quarter.
St. Philip's, Arlington Square.Alexandra Orphanage.
Workhouse Schools.

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The Islington Workouse Schools were disinfected on 15 occasions owing to
the presence of Scarlet Fever among the scholars.
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