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supposed to be infectious, she must disinfect herself and all her
instruments and other appliances, to the satisfaction of the
Local Sanitary Authority, and must have her clothing
thoroughly disinfected before going to another labour. Unless
otherwise directed by the local Supervising Authority, all washable
clothing should be boiled, and other clothing should be sent
to be stoved (by the Local Sanitary Authority) and then exposed
to the open air for several days."
In Battersea one of the three tenements in the Reception
Shelter is used for the disinfection of midwives and monthly
nurses who have been in attendance on patients suffering from
puerperal fever and other infectious cases. The nurse has a
disinfectant bath, while at the same time her clothing, bag,
instruments, and other appliances are disinfected at the Disinfecting
Station, which adjoins the Shelter. During 1907 2
midwives and 9 nurses attended at the Reception Shelter for
purposes of disinfection.
Mortuary.
The number of bodies removed to the Mortuary in
Sheepcote Lane during 1907 was 302, as compared with 244
in 1906, and an annual average for the Parish of Battersea
for the five years 1896-1900 of 288. On 288 of these bodies
inquests were held, and 14 were removed for sanitary reasons
from crowded houses.