London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lambeth 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Disinfecting Department
2,936 rooms and 7,569 articles of bedding were disinfected during
the year, among them being the rooms and articles used by the
329 cases of various forms of infectious disease taken to hospital;
516 certificates of disinfection were issued, and 187 library books
dealt with from the 8,669 premises visited during the year. The
clean van was used regularly for the delivery of stores to the day
nurseries.