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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Disinfecting Department.
Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting Department during 1934.
| Total premises disinfected | 2,954 | ||||
| Rooms disinfected | 3,736 | ||||
| Staircases disinfected | 139 | ||||
| Schools disinfected | 41 | ||||
| Number of articles laundered | 32,240 | ||||
| „ ,, destroyed | 2,987 | ||||
| „ verminous, etc., persons (including 3,706 school children) | 3,989 | ||||
| „ infectious disease contacts | 868 | ||||
| ,, library books collected | 555 | ||||
| Articles. | No. | Weight. | |||
| Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | ||
| Bedding, &c., disinfected | 58,106 | 115 | 19 | 0 | 8 |
| Ditto (articles from shelters and Cleansing Station, &c.) | 15,590 | (not weighed) | |||
| Bedding, &c., lent | 1,476 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| Verminous clothing, &c. | 10,974 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Articles from Welfare Centres | 1,779 | (not weighed) | |||
| Total | 87,925 | 122 | 17 | 3 | 5 |
Coroner's Court and Mortuary.
In the Annual Report for 1933 reference was made to the
improvement of the public mortuary by the provision of a large
refrigerating plant. During 1934, electric extraction fans and a
trolley were installed. The provision of an improved form of
post-mortem table was deferred until 1935, and with this addition
it is hoped that the Mortuary may be regarded as one of the most
completely equipped in the country.
Details as to the number of inquests held at the Coroner s
Court, and bodies received into the Mortuary during 1934 are set
out in the following table:—