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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
Bethnal Green 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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A number of other children were also visited by
the Inspectors for conditions reported by the Head
Teachers, and suggestive of one of the notifiable
diseases.
DISINFECTION SERVICE.
During the year, 1,658 rooms and 24,136 articles
were disinfected for various reasons, liquid Formalin
in the form of a spray being used for the purpose of
disinfecting rooms.
One Belsize and one Morris motor van are used
for conveying articles for disinfection.
The table appended gives full details of the rooms, bedding and clothing disinfected.
| Disease | No. of Rooms Disinfected |
|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 610 |
| Diphtheria | 359 |
| Smallpox | 29 |
| Enteric Fever | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 94 |
| Measles | 14 |
| Cancer | 17 |
| Scabies | 21 |
| Verminous conditions | 473 |
| Other conditions | 26 |
| 1,658 |
No. of articles disinfected, 24,136 (including 2,000
articles such as boots, etc., disinfected in Formalin
Chamber).
No. of articles destroyed by request, 186.
Library books disinfected, 666.