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Battersea 1910
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1910
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The following table gives particulars of the work carried out at the Disinfecting Station since it was opened in 1902:—
| 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907 | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premises | 1,161 | 1,187 | 1,215 | 2,589 | 1,991 | 2,995 | 2,418 | 2,656 | 2,337 |
| Rooms | 1,771 | 1,616 | 1,637 | 3,308 | 2,848 | 5,085 | 4,583 | 4,192 | 3,834 |
| Articles disinfected | 92,368 | 67,001 | 54,626 | 64,052 | 72,531 | 72,220 | 85,117 | 58,474 | 48,205 |
| Articles destroyed | 984 | 847 | 1,288 | 929 | 1,244 | 1,084 | 778 | 607 | 720 |
| Books disinfected | — | 271 | 215 | 332 | 337 | 399 | 387 | 331 | 230 |
| Persons admitted to shelter | — | — | — | 33 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 4 | — |
The Disinfecting Station has been improved by the new
laundry opened in 1907. During 1910, 23,862 articles were after
disinfection laundered before being returned to their owners.
The total weight of articles removed for disinfection during
1910, was 116 tons 17 cwts. 3 qrs.
In addition to the work carried out in the disinfection of rooms,
clothing, &c., bedding belonging to the Council was lent out during
1910 to persons whose bedding had been removed for disinfection.
As soon as this has been effected it is returned and the Council's
bedding collected and brought back to the station, where after
being disinfected it is returned to the Store-room. The total
weight of bedding belonging to the Council dealt with in this way,
and not included in the table on this page, amounted to 5 tons
9 cwts.
Verminous clothing belonging to persons who attended the
personal cleansing station adjoining the Disinfection Station,
weighing 7 tons 19cwts. 0 qrs. l0lbs. was disinfected, and this also
is not included in the returns shown in the table.
Temporary Shelter or House Accommodation.
During 1910, at the Reception Shelter situate at Sheepcote
Lane, three midwives and fourteen nurses, who had been in attendance
on cases of puerperal fever or in contact with other forms
of dangerous infectious disease, had the use of one of the tenements
at the Shelter for purposes of personal disinfection. Two hundred