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This tables does not include the work carried out at Wood Lane on behalf of the
Paddington borough council.
The total weight of the bedding, clothing, etc., of Kensington residents disinfected was
53 tons 3 cwts. 3 qrs. 12 lbs. The number of articles disinfected only was 19,463 and the
number disinfected and washed, 1,010.
The laundry work for the medicinal baths is performed at the disinfecting station and this
work involved in 1933 the washing of 9,445 towels, 236 sheets and 68 other articles.
The Paddington authority have entered into an agreement with the council for the disinfection
of all articles removed from Paddington homes to be performed at the Kensington disinfecting
station. As the Paddington council require certain of the articles to be washed after disinfection,
the charge was fixed at 20s. per cwt. of articles dealt with, but there is a proviso in the agreement
that the minimum payment per annum is to be £600.
The weight of Paddington articles disinfected in 1933 was 23 tons 12 cwts. 3 qrs. 18 lbs.
The number of articles disinfected only was 6,766 and the number disinfected and washed was
2,186.
Disinfection of Library Books.
In view of the difficulty of securing efficient disinfection of books, the libraries committee
authorise the medical officer of health to destroy all public library volumes removed from
infected houses ; this gives Kensington borrowers protection from infection from the council's
books.
The number of books from the Kensington public libraries destroyed during the year by the
officers of the public health department was 105. The number of private subscribing library books
destroyed was 32, and the number disinfected by formalin and returned to the householders was 18.
Bacteriological Work.
The work performed by the bacteriologist for the council during the year 1933 was as follows :—
Disease suspected. Examinations. Positive.
Diphtheria 2,061 100
„ (animal inoculations) 3 —
Tuberculosis (sputum) 314 31
(ear) 1 —
„ (urine) 1 1
Typhoid fever (blood) 12 3
„ (faeces) 28 —
„ (urine) 1 —
Dysentery (faeces) 27 5
Gonorrhoea 48 2
Ringworm 3 —
Cerebro.spinal meningitis 8 —
The following examinations were also carried out :—
Milk (bacterial count) 55
„ (tubercle bacilli) 29
In addition to these examinations at the Kensington laboratory, 462 specimens of sputum
were examined at the tuberculosis dispensary.