Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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dwelling of one sick of the disease, the room must not be used again until
it, and the things in it, shall have been cleansed and disinfected.
Disinfectants may be applied by washing, or brushing, or spraying.
If the patient's clothes, pillows or bedclothes become soiled with spit
they should be at once disinfected by steam or washed with boiling water.
Disinfection will be done by the Council's staff. Information on the
subject may be obtained upon application to the Medical Officer of Health.
By order of the Public Health and Housing Committee,
FREDK. WM. ALEXANDER,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Offices, Bow Road,
19th January, 1909.
Disinfectant can be obtained as under ;—
Apply at Depots —Bickmore Street, Poplar, between the hours 8 a.m. and 12 noon,
West Ferry Road (near Millwall Dock entrance) 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Saturdays excepted),
Old Ford Road, 8 a.m. and 12 noon, 20, Ford Road, Clark's Stone Yard, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
(Saturdays excepted), Violet Road, Bromley (adjoining Electricity Station), 9 a.m. to
1 p.m., and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Saturdays, 9 a.m. and 12 noon).
No person under 1G years of age will be supplied.
Applicants must bring own bottles (large dark wine bottles).