Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922
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Brought forward | 1924 |
Rooms fumigated after Whooping Cough | 1 |
„ „ Enteric Fever | 8 |
„ „ Venereal Disease | 1 |
„ „ Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 2 |
„ „ Chickenpox | 1 |
„ „ Smallpox | 13 |
„ „ Polio Myelitis | 1 |
„ „ for Vermin | 19 |
Rooms sprayed | 185 |
„ fumigated by request | 18 |
2,173 |
The following articles were disinfected at the Council's Disinfecting Station :—
- | From Private Houses. | From Institutions. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Beds | 1,162 | 11 | 1,173 |
Palliasses | 283 | — | 283 |
Mattresses | 1,257 | 201 | 1,458 |
Spring beds | 57 | — | 57 |
Pillows | 2,661 | 272 | 2,933 |
Cushions | 778 | 3 | 781 |
Bolsters | 1,081 | 5 | 1,086 |
Blankets | 3,006 | 550 | 3,556 |
Sheets | 2,015 | 176 | 2,191 |
Covers | 1,244 | 32 | 1,276 |
Eiderdowns | 312 | — | 312 |
Counterpanes | 1,119 | 17 | 1,136 |
Curtains | 1,946 | 27 | 1,973 |
Hearth rugs and carpets | 816 | 5 | 821 |
Articles of clothing | 5,354 | 433 | 5,787 |
Sundries | 3,915 | 179 | 4,094 |
27,006 | 1,911 | 28,917 |
By order of the Coroner | 146 |
Brought by Police | 14 |
For convenience till funeral | 12 |
172 |