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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 1909
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1909
DISINFECTION.
The year under consideration was no exception to preceding years in
the large amount of disinfection work that was carried out in the borough.
It includes the spraying and stripping of rooms in houses and the classrooms
of schools, as well as the disinfection of infected clothing, bedding,
furniture and verminous articles, whether household furniture or personal
clothing.
Disinfection of Rooms.—There were '2,334 rooms disinfected after infectious
diseases, or for other causes, as compared with 2,533 in the preceding year.
The disinfectant used was in nearly every instance formaldehyde in vapour
or solution, although in some instances where vermin had to be destroyed,
sulphur dioxide was employed.
| 1908 | 1909 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ist Quarter | 184 | 209 |
| 2nd | 179 | 234 |
| 3rd | 162 | 175 |
| 4th | 293 | 329 |
Disinfection of Schools —Class rooms in 17 public elementary schools,
including the Guardians' Schools, Hornsey Road, were disinfected after Measles,
Whooping Cough, Scarlet Fever or Diphtheria.
The following statement shows the class rooms disinfected.
1st Quarter. Guardians' Schools, Hornsey Road (Boys' Dormitories),
(Scarlet Fever).
Vittoria Street L.C.C. Schools (Measles).
Yerbury Road L.C.C. School, Infants (Scarlet Fever).
2nd Quarter Guardians' School (Scarlet Fever).
Yerbury Road L.C.C. School (Scarlet Fever).
St. Philip's School, Arlington Square (Measles).
Upper Hornsey Road L.C.C. School (Scarlet Fever and
Measles).
3rd Quarter Gillespie Road L.C.C. School (Scarlet Fevet).
St. Jude's School (Scarlet Fever).
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