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Bethnal Green 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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SHELTER FOR CONTACTS.
(3, St. James Road).
These premises consisting of a nine-room house,
are occupied by a caretaker and are available, as
required by statute, for the accommodation of contacts
of infectious disease during the disinfection of
premises. The shelter was used during the year.
DISTRIBUTION OF DISINFECTANTS.
During the year 1,934 pints of partially diluted
disinfecting fluid were distributed to applicants at
the Town Hall. This practice was discontinued at
the end of June.
DISINFECTION SERVICE.
During the year, 1,815 rooms and 32,650-articles
were disinfected for various reasons.
Two Morris motor vans are used for conveying
articles for routine disinfection, and an additional
steel body motor-van of the Dennis type is available
for special disinfestation purposes.
The table appended gives details of the rooms, bedding and clothing disinfected.
| Articles of Clothing, etc., Disinfected by | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Rooms Disinfected | Steam | Formalin | ||
| Infectious disease | 165 | 6,734 | 778 | |
| Scabies | 20 | 7,307 | 3 | |
| Verminous condition | 1,630 | 5,329 | 11 | |
| Other conditions | - | 85 | 5 | |
| Hospital bedding | - | 11,920 | 478 | |
| 1,815 | 31,375 | 1,275 | ||
| Number of articles destroyed by request, 555. | ||||