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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
Battersea 1926
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926
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Disinfecting Department.
Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting Department during 1926.
| Total Premises disinfected | 2,516 | ||||
| Rooms disinfected | 3,697 | ||||
| Staircases disinfected | 185 | ||||
| Schools disinfected | 76 | ||||
| Number of articles laundered | 28,504 | ||||
| ,, „ destroyed | 723 | ||||
| „ verminous, etc., persons (including 4,315 school children) | 4,600 | ||||
| ,, infectious disease contacts | 943 | ||||
| „ Library books collected | 219 | ||||
| Total Articles. | No. | Weight. | |||
| Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | ||
| Bedding, &c., disinfected | 61,132 | 147 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| „ lent | 1,241 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Verminous clothing, &c. | 3,089 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Articles from Welfare Centres | 2,973 | (not weighed) | |||
| Total | 68,435 | 152 | 7 | 3 | 7 |