Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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direction of your Medical Officer of Health. The infected rooms
have been fumigated, and when necessary the walls of the disinfected
portion of the house have been stripped and the ceilings cleansed.
Table SHEWING THE NUMBER OF PREMISES, ROOMS AND BEDDING DISINFECTED DURING THE YEAR 1915.
1915 | Premises. | Rooms. | Beds. | Pillows. | Bolsters. | Mattresses | Sheets. | Blankets. | Odd Articles. | Articles Destroyed. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 97 | 107 | 65 | 127 | 50 | 19 | 49 | 170 | 222 | 8 mattresses, 12 odd articles |
February | 107 | 119 | 80 | 160 | 53 | 33 | 90 | 131 | 300 | 2 pillows, 2 bolsters |
March | 116 | 124 | 86 | 170 | 71 | 36 | 68 | 138 | 337 | 1 mattress, 30 odd articles, 1 bed. |
April | 86 | 97 | 53 | 134 | 38 | 15 | 60 | 102 | 297 | 2 beds. |
May | 69 | 81 | 41 | 89 | 31 | 10 | 44 | 64 | 210 | |
June | 80 | 95 | 52 | 87 | 33 | 13 | 44 | 48 | 214 | 1 mattress, 10 odd articles |
July | 89 | 99 | 55 | 102 | 40 | 15 | 69 | 74 | 194 | 2 beds, 1 bolster, 1 mattress |
August | 87 | 90 | 56 | 114 | 41 | 21 | 65 | 56 | 188 | 2 beds, 2 mattresses, 9 pillows, 3 bolsters, 2 odd articles |
September | 88 | 97 | 56 | 97 | 36 | 16 | 55 | 209 | 205 | 2 beds, 1 mattress, 1 1 bolster, 1 pillow, 5 odd articles. |
October | 102 | 127 | 83 | 160 | 61 | 39 | 88 | 107 | 255 | 1 bed. |
November | 87 | 95 | 68 | 149 | 47 | 25 | 55 | 112 | 238 | 1 bed, 3 mattresses, 2 odd articles |
December | 97 | 99 | 70 | 152 | 53 | 37 | 84 | 134 | 317 | |
Total | 1105 | 1230 | 765 | 1541 | 554 | 279 | 771 | 1345 | 2977 |
Table SHEWING NUMBER OF ROOMS DISINFECTED AFTER THE FOLLOWING DISEASES:—
1915 | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Enteric Fever. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Measles. | Puerperal Fever. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Other Diseases. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | .. | 52 | 15 | 1 | .. | 22 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | ||
February | .. | 50 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | ||
March | .. | 38 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 41 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | ||
April | .. | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 3 | .. | 4 | 5 | ||
May | .. | 22 | 14 | .. | 5 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
June | .. | 34 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | ||
July | .. | 47 | 11 | .. | .. | 21 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | ||
August | .. | 37 | 18 | .. | .. | 25 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | ||
September | .. | 29 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 28 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||
October | .. | 38 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ||
November | .. | 40 | 17 | .. | 1 | 26 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
December | .. | 36 | 20 | 1 | 27 | 3 | .. | 1 | 6 | |||
Total | .. | 450 | 196 | 13 | 33 | 338 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 39 |