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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

Deptford 1925

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: Table XXV. SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PREMISES. ROOMS AND BEDDING DISINFECTED DURING THE YEAR 1925.

Table XXV. SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PREMISES. ROOMS AND BEDDING DISINFECTED DURING THE YEAR 1925.

Date 1925Premises.Rooms.Beds.Pillows.Bolsters.Mattresses.Sheets.Blankets.Odd articlesArticles destroyed.
January125128771474821591291374 beds, 5 palliasses, 3 mattresses, 2 pillows, 2 sheets, 6 odd articles
February114117601344825791261521 bed, 1 odd article
March117121631334520691061594 beds, 3 mattresses, 4 pillows, 2 sheets, 1 blanket, 32 odd articles
April9010849100372051831282 mattresses, 2 palliasses, 1 bed, 1 pillow, 13 odd articles
May961143771301636501963 beds, 2 mattresses, 2 palliasses, 4 odd articles
June104123448841155349914 beds, 4 palliasses, 1 mattress, 3 pillows, 1 bolster, 13 odd articles
July1111324711032244245653 beds. 4 mattresses, 1 bolster, 2 palliasses, 10 odd articles
August8298388628103324341 mattress, 2 pillows
September1111216513838197897195
October17218411522575361251662741 bed, 1 mattress, 1 blanket, 2 odd articles
November154165781395843102146179
December19012???521554541781581662 blankets, ,3 odd articles, 1 mattress, 2 bolsters, 1 pillow
Total13961540725152652529080511791776

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verminous premises
99 premises consisting of 164 rooms were fumigated during the year.
books.
266 Library books were fumigated during the year.
cleansing station.
2,138 articles of clothing, etc., were disinfected during the year.
2,049 children were treated. In 20 instances a second treatment
was required within a month, making a total of 2,069 given during
the year.