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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

Islington 1899

Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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Table: Table CII.Showing the Cleansing and Stripping of Booms after Infectious Disease, in the Sanitary Inspector's Districts.

Table CII.Showing the Cleansing and Stripping of Booms after Infectious Disease, in the Sanitary Inspector's Districts.

Sanitary Inspector's Districts.1234567891011121314Total1898
lst Q'rter214713411214184211147121216289256
2nd do.12281229141313712173591818237232
3rd do.65371640915201719165471326354236
4th do.7093313815431521254153151916495309
Year1682057214850856649778518943627613751033

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Clothing, Bedding, &c.— As many as 25,378 articles,
exclusive of many very small items too numerous to reckon, were
disinfected in a thoroughly efficient and satisfactory manner by the
Vestry's steam disinfectors at Seven Sisters Road. The number of
articles disinfected shows an increase of 5,206 on the returns of the
preceding year.

Table: The following statement gives a summary of the chief articles disinfected during the year as well as in 1898 :—

The following statement gives a summary of the chief articles disinfected during the year as well as in 1898 :—

Articles.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.The Year.1898.
Beds4093926717072,1791,704
Blankets7265798211,1813,3072,664
Bolsters2762214065101,413I,092
Carpets151136152232671489
Chair cushions12991148210578429
Mattresses2091853454131,152892
Palliasses3783256477192,0691,574
Pillows7476049861,2803,6172,979
Quilts2702503634451,3281,085
Sheets49549890I9672,8612,150
Other articles1,1211,1661,6212,2956,2035,114
Totals4,9114,4577,0618,95925,37820,172