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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 1913
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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| Month. | NUMBER OF ROOMS DISINFECTED. | Schools Disinfected. | No. of Articles destroyed at Station | No. of Articles Disinfected at Station. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifiable Infectious Diseases (Public Health Act.) | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Verminous Premises. | Cancer. | Scabies. | Measles. | Chicken Pox. | By Request. | Total Number of Rooms. | |||||
| January | 34 | 16 | 2 | — | 5 | 13 | — | — | 70 | — | 5 | 1356 | |
| February | 34 | 22 | 7 | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 78 | — | 3 | 1586 | |
| March | 19 | 11 | 8 | — | 3 | 10 | — | — | 51 | — | 27 | 978 | |
| April | 27 | 14 | 3 | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | 53 | — | 2 | 3164 | |
| May | 32 | 13 | 26 | — | 10 | — | — | — | 81 | — | 1 | 3165 | |
| June | 40 | 16 | 31 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 91 | — | 6 | 1695 | |
| July | 61 | 18 | 23 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 104 | — | 11 | 1859 | |
| August | 54 | 17 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 78 | — | 15 | 1367 | |
| September | 90 | 19 | 15 | — | 8 | 1 | — | — | 133 | — | 5 | 1661 | |
| October | 119 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | 158 | 1 | 2 | 2285 | |
| November | 79 | 13 | 6 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 102 | — | 26 | 1238 | |
| December | 52 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | 71 | — | 1 | 1723 | |
| Totals | 641 | 186 | 143 | 2 | 54 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 1070 | 1 | 104 | 22077 | |
The total number of articles disinfected in the Formalin Chamber (Boots, Boot Uppers, Books, Fancy Dress Material
etc.), was 1,350.
19 men were bathed at the Disinfecting Station under the provisions of the Cleansing of Persons Act.