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Bethnal Green 1911

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1911 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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APPENDIX M (2).
Fifty casks of Sanitas Powder, making up into
3,500 packets, have been distributed from the Public
Health Department.
Six hundred and forty-one pint bottles of Sanitas
Fluid, and three hundred and sixty-one pint tins of
Izal Fluid, have also been distributed from the Offices.
Half-a-ton of Sulphur, in the form of Sulphur
Candles, has been used in the disinfection of rooms
throughout the year. One and a-half gallons of
Formaldehyde. 40 per cent. solution, has been used in
spraying the walls of rooms, and five pounds of
Formalin Tablets have been used for fumigating rooms,
in certain cases, instead of sulphur candles.
Fifteen gallons of Creocide were used for disinfection
in connection with cases of Enteric Fever.
APPENDIX N.
Smoke Observation.
Shafts under observation 100
No. of hours occupied in observation 360
No. of intimation notices served 34
No. of statutory notices served 9
No. of prosecutions 4