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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 1930

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

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Table: Disinfecting Department. Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting Department during 1930.

Disinfecting Department. Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting Department during 1930.

Total premises disinfected2,335
Rooms disinfected3,415
Staircases disinfected198
Schools disinfected35
Number of articles laundered32,038
„ „ destroyed2,103
„ verminous, etc., persons (including 3,818 school children)4,164
„ infectious disease contacts1,019
„ Library books collected456
Articles.No.Weight.
Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
Bedding, &c., disinfected73,57512314314
„ lent1,275319120
Verminous clothing, &c.7,414114127
Articles from Welfare Centres2,483(not weighed)
Total84,747129835