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Port of London 1912
Report for the year ended 31st December 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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DISINFECTIONS OF EFFECTS, BEDDING, ETC.
This disinfection is carried out at Denton Hospital by means of a WashingtonLyons
apparatus, and from Table XXI. it will be seen that the apparatus was in use
on 46 occasions for this purpose.
A total of 70 vessels were disinfected by your officers on account of infectious
disease. (See Table XXII.)
TABLE XXL
Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1912.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Hospital Bedding, &c. | Total Effects. | Number of times Steam Disinfeotor was used. | Disinfected by Fumigation. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera. | Chicken-pox. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Suspected Plague. | Remittent Fever. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Precautionary measure. | |||||
| January | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | 6 | ... |
| February | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 8 | 4 | ... |
| March | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | 4 | ... |
| April | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 4 | ... |
| May | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... |
| June | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | ... |
| July | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | ... |
| August | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | ... |
| September | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... |
| October | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | |
| November | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... |
| December | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | ... |
| Totals | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | 23 | ... | 11 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 6 | 57 | ... | |