Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1908 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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APPENDIX N. Particulars respecting Work of Disinfectors and Shelter.
| Month | No of Rooms Disinfected. | No. of Rooms by request. | No of Schools Disinfected. | No. of Articles destroyed. | No of Articles of Bedding disinfected at Station. | No. of Cabs. | No. of Cases in which Shelter was used. | No. of Persons accommodated at Shelter. | No of boon for which Shelter was occupied. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 113 | 4 | ... | 7 | 2535 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| February | 139 | 14 | ... | 4 | 1913 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| March | 119 | 8 | ... | 3 | 2878 | ... | .. | ... | ... |
| April | 95 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2577 | ... | 2 | 15 | 14 |
| May | 129 | 7 | ... | 14 | 3650 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| June | 123 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1617 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| July | 116 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1307 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| August | 158 | 6 | ... | 2 | 2765 | ... | 2 | 7 | 4½ |
| Sept. | 170 | 12 | ... | 7 | 2325 | ... | ... | .. | ... |
| October | 145 | 5 | ... | 4 | 2811 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| November | 136 | 12 | ... | 1 | 1822 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| December | 135 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1651 | ... | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Totals | 1587 | 99 | 4 | 60 | 27851 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 40½ |
* Including 42 rooms at Hague Street School.