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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 1906

Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table: TABLE CXX.Summary of the chief articles ofClothing, Bedding, &c.,disinfected during the year1906,and also in the preceding year1905.

TABLE CXX.

Summary of the chief articles ofClothing, Bedding, &c.,disinfected during the year1906,and also in the preceding year1905.

1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.The Year 19061905.
Beds5044935547322,2832,038
Blankets -8878497431,1483,6273.289
Bolsters36338337i5491,666I.450
Carpets132847299387414
Chair Bed Cushions979596138426329
Mattresses2773112913481,2271,229
Palliasses -3302683284001,3261,478
Pillows9419149611,2884,1043,510
Quilts4794794856742,1171,708
Sheets9309239401,2714,0643.425
Other Articles1,8601,6981,6512,1937,4026,593
Totals6,8006,4976,4928,84028,62325,463

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The following is a record of the work performed by the Steam Disinfectors
during the past twelve years :—
1895 .... 17,240 articles.
1896 .... 42,258
1897 .... 28,302
1898 .... 20,172 „
1899 .... 25,378
1900 .... 19,136
1901 .... 27,050
1902 .... 36,772 „
i9°3 .... 23,748
1904 .... 21,868 „
1905 .... 25,463 „
1906 .... 28,629
Total for twelve years - 316,016 „