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Port of London 1909

Report for the year ended 31st December 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London

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DISINFECTING APPARATUS.
The Disinfecting Apparatus continues to work effectually. In addition to
the Hospital effects to be disinfected, it was used on 78 other occasions for
the disinfection of infected clothing, bedding, &c. The boiler is regularly and
periodically inspected by an expert on behalf of the Insurance Company, who
reports thereon, and whose recommendations receive careful attention—with
the result that the boiler is still in a very fair state of preservation.

Table: TABLE XXIII.Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1909.

TABLE XXIII.

Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1909.

Month.Reason for Disinfection.Total Number of Disinfections.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Chicken-pox.Cholera (Suspected).Continued Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Plague (Suspected).Scarlet Fever.Small-pox.Precautionary Measure.
January-.........2...4...1.........29
February...1.........31............27
March...............1............113
April...1.........1...2...1......5
May...1...111.........1...49
June...........................1...34
July.........3.........1...2......6
August.........2...2...............15
September......12...1.........1...27
October............11...1...12...6
November.................................33
December.................................22
Totals...311021415...732066