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City of London 1904

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1904

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Great Northern Railway. Moorgate Street Station.
Carriages cleansed at King's Cross. Platforms swept and watered. No
disinfectant used. Spitting Notices on platforms; none in carriages. This
company are at the present time cleaning the whole of their carriage stock at
the London end with the vacuum cleanser, and are extending the use of it
in country districts.
Central London Railway. Bank Station.
Carriages are swept and disinfected each trip, they are also gone over every
night in the car sheds with the vacuum cleanser. Platforms swept and
disinfected constantly. Spitting Notices in carriages, lifts and station.
City and South London Railway. Bank Station.
Carriages swept and cleansed by vacuum cleanser at Clapham. Platforms
disinfected and swept twice daily at least. Spitting Notices in carriages, lifts
and stations.
City and Waterloo Railway. Bank Station.
Carriages cleansed at Waterloo. Platforms watered and swept frequently.
No disinfectant used. Spitting Notices in carriages and station.
City and Finsbury Railway. Finsbury Pavement Station.
Carriages are watered and disinfected, swept and dusted at Drayton Park.
It is proposed to adopt the vacuum cleanser. Spitting Notices in all carriages.
Platforms watered with disinfectant as often as necessary.
WEST DISTRICT.
Central London Railway. Post Office Station, Newgate Street.
Carriages disinfected and swept each trip at Bank Station. Platforms,
stairs, &c., disinfected and swept several times daily. Spitting Notices on
platforms, and in lifts, carriages, and in booking hall. This company has also
adopted the vacuum cleanser.
South Eastern and Chatham Railway. St. Paul's Station.
Carriages swept at Holborn Viaduct Station, and cleansed at Loughborough
Junction. Platforms, stairs, and booking hall swept once a day. Disinfectants
used once a week. Spitting Notices are exhibited at the station, but none in
carriages.