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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 1914
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914
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In addition to these there were 243 articles destroyed on request
from the owners. These are set out in the following table :—
| Beds | 47 | Overlays | 1 |
| Bolsters | 14 | Pillows | 45 |
| Blankets | 4 | Palliasses | 56 |
| Cushions | 21 | Rugs | 2 |
| Sundry articles | 15 | Sheets | 2 |
| Mattresses | 31 | Quilts | 5 |
| Total | 243 |
(c) Public Library Books.—During the past year, 507 books
from homes in which infectious diseases had occurred were
disinfected. Of this total, there were 447 books which had been
borrowed from the Hackney Borough Library and 60 from other
Libraries. The method of disinfection of books practised is to
expose the books in a closed chamber to the action of formic
aldehyde gas, which is generated in a lamp from formalin tablets.
| Month. | Number of Books Disinfected. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| From Hackney Public Library. | From other Libraries. | Totals. | |
| January | 32 | 5 | 37 |
| February | 28 | 2 | 30 |
| March | 24 | 10 | 34 |
| April | 36 | 1 | 37 |
| May | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| June | 26 | 5 | 31 |
| July | 32 | 4 | 36 |
| August | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| September | 43 | 9 | 52 |
| October | 65 | 9 | 74 |
| November | 45 | 1 | 46 |
| December | 85 | 1 | 86 |
| Total | 447 | 60 | 507 |