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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
Kensington and Chelsea 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.
| A summary of the routine work carried out in 1968 by the disinfect-ing staff is shown in the following table:- | |
| Houses disinfected after infectious disease | 78 (129 rooms) |
| Houses disinfested after vermin | 439(1219 rooms) |
| Total weight of bedding, etc., dealt with | 4¾ tons |
MEDICINAL BATHS - PERSONAL CLEANSING STATION.
The following table shows the work carried out during 1968:-
Description
Scabies
Vermin
Persons
Cleansings
Persons
Cleansings
Adults
Kensington & Chelsea
100
182
180
182
Other boroughs
—
—
—
—
Schoolchildren
Kensington & Chelsea
65
117
119
122
Other boroughs
23
41
64
64
Children under five
Kensington & Chelsea
14
22
32
33
Other boroughs
-
-
-
-
TOTALS
202
362
395
401
In addition to the cleansing of persons referred to above, articles
of personal clothing disinfested at the medicinal baths during the year
numbered 165.
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.
A summary of the routine work carried out in 1968 by the disinfecting
staff is shown in the following table:-
Houses disinfected after infectious disease
78 (129 rooms)
Houses disinfested after vermin
439(1219 rooms)
Total weight of bedding, etc.,
dealt with
4¾ tons