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Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting Department
during 1934.
Cleansing Notices served 2,141
Total No. of Rooms disinfected by the Council 5,644
Do. articles do. 18,606
Cases in which bedding was disinfected at home 1,406
Do. do. do. at Chamber 2,715
Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied 27,088
Certificates of Medical Practitioners received in lieu of
disinfection by the Council 1
Schools disinfected (42 rooms) 11
Certificates of disinfection left with occupiers of disinfected
premises 2,235
Library books disinfected 645
Mattresses re-tabbed by Council 804
Tuberculosis Dispensaries—
Shelters loaned and erected 2
Shelters dismantled and removed 2
Bedsteads and mattresses delivered 9
Bedsteads and mattresses collected 10
Bacteriological Outfits (Swabs, etc.), delivered 2,440
Smoke machines collected and delivered 207
Tuberculosis.
The numbers of cases of tuberculosis on the Lambeth Register
of Notifications on December 31st, 1934, were as follows :—
Males
Females
Totals
Pulmonary
1,147
977
2,124
Non-pulmonary
234
171
405
Totals
1,381
1,148
2,529