Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1925]
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Rooms, Bedding and Clothing Disinfected during the Year ending 31st December, 1925.
Month | Number of Rooms | Total No. of Articles | ||||||||||||
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Scarlet Fever | Dipththeria | Small-pox | Enteric Fever | Erysipelas | Pneumonia | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Measles | Cancer | Scabies | Verminous Conditions | Other Conditions | Total No. of Rooms | ||
January | 23 | 80 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 130 | 1783 |
February | 13 | 44 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 18 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 105 | 1546 |
March | 17 | 46 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 81 | 1688 |
April | 9 | 33 | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 18 | .. | 5 | .. | 10 | 3 | 86 | 1603 |
May | 22 | 32 | 14 | .. | .. | 1 | 14 | .. | .. | 3 | 53 | 1 | 140 | 1980 |
June | 39 | 31 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 34 | 2 | 126 | 2345 |
July | 42 | 27 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | .. | 37 | 3 | 133 | 2640 |
August | 42 | 48 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 11 | .. | 1 | .. | 54 | 1 | 159 | 1522 |
September | 49 | 37 | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | .. | 144 | 1944 |
October | 45 | 61 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | 19 | .. | 140 | 1818 |
November | 21 | 55 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | 110 | 1903 |
December | 25 | 39 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 89 | 1400 |
Totals | 347 | 533 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 166 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 250 | 43 | 1443 | 22172 |
No. of articles destroyed (a) by request 337; (b) arising out of case of Small-pox 690
Articles disinfected in Formalin Chamber, such as boots, boxes, books, etc. (included in 22,172 above) 1144