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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
Hackney 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1913
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disinfections, not only after cases of the notifiable infectious diseases,
but also after measles, whooping-cough and tuberculosis. The
number of rooms fumigated and cleansed each month is set out in
the following table :—
Number ol Rooms Fumigated and Cleansed each Month during 1913.
| Month. | Rooms Fumigated. | Rooms Cleansed. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 219 | 70 | The method of fumigation is by burning sulphur. After fumigation the rooms to be cleansed are stripped of their wall-paper and cleansed with a solution of carbolic acid. The ceilings are afterwards whitened. |
| February | 190 | 56 | |
| March | 172 | 65 | |
| April | 139 | 69 | |
| May | 192 | 74 | |
| June | 175 | 75 | |
| July | 156 | 78 | |
| August | 127 | 66 | |
| September | 182 | 90 | |
| October | 245 | 107 | |
| November | 196 | 85 | |
| December | 226 | 101 | |
| Total | 2,219 | 936 |
(b) Articles of Clothing, Furniture, &c.—The number of
articles under this head disinfected during last year was 18,823.
This is an increase of 2,612 upon the number disinfected during
1912, and is due to the increased number of cases of notifiable
infectious disease occurring in the Borough during the year.
The following table gives a summary of the articles disinfected
:—