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Southwark 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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DISINFECTION.
The total number of rooms disinfected during the year was 3,632, of
which number 654 were stripped. 3,454 rooms were disinfected and 872
were stripped during the year 1907. Of the 3,632 rooms de< with
during 1908, 871 were fumigated and otherwise cleansed on account of
them having been found to be infested with vermin; it was found
necessary to strip 38 verminous rooms. In the periodical disinfection of
rooms occupied by patients suffering from Phthisis 1,372 rooms were
treated. The number of rooms disinfected after the occurrence of the
ordinary notifiable infectious diseases was 1,389.
after the occurrence of Infectious Disease (including Phthisis).
| St. Mary's Ward. | St. Paul's Ward. | St. Peter's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Trinity Ward. | All Saints Ward. | St. Michael's Ward. | St. Jade's Ward. | St. George's Ward | Christ-church Ward. | St. Saviour's Ward. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Rooms Disinfected | 395 | 231 | 377 | 498 | 188 | 320 | 212 | 117 | 252 | 88 | 83 | 2761 |
Special disinfection was carried out by the officials of this department
at the undermentioned premises, applications having been
made to me by the authorities concerned:—
Relief Station, Boyson Road (Diphtheria).
Section House, Long Lane (Phthisis).
Royal Eye Hospital, 6 wards (Measles).
Distress Office, Town Hall (Vermin).
Weston Street Schools, 1 class-room (Measles).
Victory Place Schools, 1 class-room (Scarlet Fever contact).
Chaucer Schools, 2 class-rooms (Measles).
Pocock Street Schools 1 class-room (Scarlet Fever contact).
Victory Place Schools, 2 class-rooms (Scarlet Fever contact).
Sayer Street Schools, 2 classrooms (Scarlet Fever contact).
Manor Place Baths, passages and corridors (Flies).
Victory Place Schools, 20 rooms (Vermin).
Stables, Hampton Street (Glanders).