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Kensington 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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55
DISINFECTION.
The work of disinfection at the new disinfecting station, an illustrated description of which
was given in the report for 1906, went on in an entirely satisfactory way throughout the year 1908.
A tabular statement of it is subjoined:—

Table: Return of work done at the Disinfecting Station, 1st January to 31st December, 1908.

Return of work done at the Disinfecting Station, 1st January to 31st December, 1908.

Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Other.Total No. of Disinfections.No. of. Articles.Weight.Description of "Other" Cases (105).
tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
January2134...11661,180210...11Loan bedding (5), Measles (2), Cancer (1), Phthisis (1), Puerperal Fever (1), Senile Decay (1).
February261947551,13729...22Loan bedding (2), Itch (2), Cancer (1), Erysipelas (1), Measles (1).
March2819210591,13229323Phthisis (3), Loan bedding (2), Measles (2), Cancer (1), Influenza (1), Puerperal Fever (1).
April3617311671,313215120Measles (4), Destroying (2), Puerperal Fever (2), Loan bedding (1), Blood-poisoning (1), Scabies (1).
May3122...12651,192213...12Measles (5), Cancer (3), Loan bedding (2), Pneumonia (1), Ringworm (1).
June21141541863116214Continued Fever (1), Erysipelas (1), Measles (1), Phthisis (1), Puerperal Fever (1).
July2612211519162136Puerperal Fever (3), Vermin (3), Cancer (2), Itch (1), Loan bedding (1), Phthisis (1).
August332039651,00421531Vermin (3), Loan bedding (2), Cancer (1), Death (1), Measles (1), Puerperal Fever (1).
September55955741,218217125Cancer (3), Loan bedding (2).
October521638791,209338Loan bedding (3), Cancer (1), Itch (1), Measles (1), Puerperal Fever (1), Vermin (1).
November5219411861,654411...1Phthisis (6), Bed sores (2), Loan bedding (2), Erysipelas (1).
December452775841,486313115Cancer (2), Dropsy (1), Maternity case (1), Phthisis (1).
Totals4262283410579314,2993316318

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With few exceptions the disinfected articles were also cleansed, and in a certain number of
instances, moreover, washing of infected articles of clothing, etc., was undertaken, week by week,
for the convenience of householders, during the continuance of infectious disease treated at home;
a charge being made for the service: 1,069 rooms in 942 houses were disinfected in the course of
the year.