Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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DISINFECTING DEPARTMENT. RETURN OF WORK, 1927.
Articles Disinfected. | Jan. | Apr. | Mar. | Feb. | May. | Aug. | July. | June. | Sept. | Oct. | Dec. | Nov. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beds | 120 | 99 | 126 | 99 | 175 | 100 | 91 | 103 | 107 | 138 | 123 | 121 | 1,402 |
Blankets | 542 | 522 | 565 | 225 | 620 | 506 | 457 | 725 | 426 | 664 | 683 | 629 | 6,564 |
Bolsters | 75 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 87 | 93 | 91 | 66 | 92 | 96 | 92 | 98 | 997 |
Books, Public Library | 5 | 23 | 39 | 53 | 84 | 37 | 30 | 44 | 26 | 176 | 99 | 64 | 680 |
Cushions | 35 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 96 | 37 | 41 | 350 |
Carpets | 7 | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 69 |
Mattresses | 54 | 58 | 58 | 100 | 80 | 71 | 75 | 161 | 67 | 79 | 86 | 65 | 954 |
Palliasses | 2 | – | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 68 |
Pillows | 249 | 229 | 215 | 211 | 259 | 236 | 219 | 216 | 112 | 358 | 322 | 223 | 2,849 |
Quilts | 161 | 129 | 118 | 125 | 145 | 145 | 143 | 109 | 117 | 221 | 198 | 184 | 1,795 |
Sheets | 161 | 138 | 123 | 122 | 181 | 135 | 151 | 120 | 153 | 238 | 201 | 174 | 1,896 |
Wearing apparel (suits, dresses, etc.) | 2,424 | 2,481 | 2,644 | 1,594 | 2,171 | 2,483 | 2,095 | 1,053 | 2,957 | 3,136 | 3,095 | 1,852 | 27,987 |
Totals | 3,835 | 3,771 | 3,989 | 2,621 | 3,829 | 3,828 | 3,381 | 2,627 | 4,088 | 5,219 | 4,949 | 3,461 | 45,598 |
Mattresses re-tabbed | 54 | 58 | 57 | 68 | 80 | 71 | 70 | 42 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 65 | 804 |
Palliasses re-tabbed | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
Cushions re-tabbed | 12 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 167 |
Totals | 66 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 101 | 81 | 82 | 54 | 82 | 98 | 107 | 89 | 981 |
Mattresses and Palliasses destroyed | 48 | 20 | 105 | 87 | 86 | 103 | 59 | 70 | 80 | 69 | 23 | 56 | 806 |
Miscellaneous articles destroyed | 48 | 29 | 48 | 7 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 7 | – | 18 | 37 | 29 | 272 |
Totals | 96 | 49 | 153 | 94 | 116 | 113 | 68 | 77 | 80 | 87 | 60 | 85 | 1,078 |
Houses visited | 366 | 336 | 416 | 311 | 493 | 408 | 392 | 351 | 378 | 497 | 433 | 452 | 4,833 |
Rooms disinfected | 259 | 222 | 253 | 184 | 268 | 247 | 230 | 206 | 241 | 366 | 314 | 309 | 3,119 |
Totals | 625 | 558 | 669 | 495 | 761 | 655 | 642 | 557 | 619 | 863 | 747 | 761 | 7,952 |