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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
Bethnal Green 1912
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1912 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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APPENDIX M (1).
Particulars respecting work of Disinfectors and Shelter.
| Month. | NUMBER OF ROOMS DISINFECTED. | Articles Disinfected at Station. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifiable Infectious Diseases (Public Health Act). | Phthisis. | Chicken Pox. | Cancer. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Scabies. | Verminous Rooms. | By Request. | Total | ||
| 44 | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 71 | 1,584 | ||
| 32 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 57 | 1,310 | ||
| 33 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 62 | 1,238 | |
| April | 31 | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 66 | 1,148 | ||
| May | 34 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 25 | 77 | 1,808 | ||
| June | 40 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 47 | - | 99 | 1,105 | |
| 45 | 16 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 30 | 5 | 104 | 607 | |
| 41 | 14 | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 77 | 1,352 | |
| 54 | 12 | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | - | 91 | 2,507 | ||
| October | 64 | 13 | - | - | - | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 107 | 1,456 |
| 52 | 14 | - | - | - | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 2,070 | |
| 55 | 19 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | - | 73 | 1,451 | |
| 525 | 183 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 164 | 978 | 17,636 | ||||
The number of articles of Bedding and Clothing destroyed at the Disinfecting Station during the year was 44.
The number of articles disinfected in Formalin Chamber (Books, Boots, Boot Uppers, and Fancy Goods) was 1820.
Twenty-five Men and two Children were bathed and their clothes were disinfected at the Disinfecting Station.