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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Year. | Adults. | Children. | *Expenditure | *Amount Contributed. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
* Financial year ending 31st March.
| Total premises disinfected | 2,062 | ||||
| Rooms disinfected | 2,563 | ||||
| Staircases disinfected | 80 | ||||
| Schools disinfected | 4 | ||||
| Number of articles laundered | 18,431 | ||||
| „ „ destroyed | 576 | ||||
| „ verminous, etc., persons (including 3,750 school children) | 3,985 | ||||
| „ infectious disease contacts | 601 | ||||
| „ library books collected | 348 | ||||
| Articles. | No. | Weight. | |||
| Tons. | cwts | qrs. | lbs. | ||
| Bedding, &c., disinfected | 34,108 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Ditto (articles from shelters and Cleansing Station, &c.) | 8,138 | (not weighed) | |||
| Bedding, &c., lent | 1,641 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Verminous clothing, &c. | 12,440 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 4 |
| Articles from Welfare Centres | 1,710 | (not weighed) | |||
| Total | 58,037 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Coroner's Court and Mortuary.
The Council, in September, at the request of the Commissioner
of Police, made arrangements with a local undertaker to remove
drowned bodies found on the foreshore or in the Thames to the
public mortuary. This duty had hitherto been carried out by the
Police.
Details as to the number of inquests held at the Coroner's
Court, and bodies received into the Mortuary during 1935 are set
out in the following table:—