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 Southwark, Borough of]
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DISINFECTION.
The total number of disinfections of rooms during the year by the
Council's disinfecting staff was 10,925. Of this number 3,696 rooms were
disinfected after the occurrence of the ordinary notifiable infectious
diseases, as against 2,774 rooms in 1921. 5,317 periodical sprayings of
rooms occupied by Phthisical patients were also carried out during the
year.
728 verminous rooms were sulphured and otherwise cleansed by
the Council's staff during the year, as against 486 in 1921.
Among the total number of disinfections (10,925) it was found
necessary to strip 704 rooms. Of these 547 were in relation to the
notifiable diseases, 147 after the termination of cases of Phthisis, and
10 were verminous.
TABLE 28.
The Locality of Rooms Disinfected.
After the occurrence of Infectious Disease.
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 | 435 | 315 | 371 | 583 | 312 | 327 | 413 | 294 | 352 | 143 | 151 | 3696 |
1,184 sprayings of Offices and Rooms at the Town Hall were also
carried out during the year.
TABLE 29.
The Locality of the Rooms Stripped after the occurrence of Infectious Disease,
St. Mary's Ward. | St. Paul's Ward. | St. Peter's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Trinity Ward. | All Saints Ward. | St. Michael'^ Ward. | St. Jade's Ward. | St. George's Ward. | Christ-Church Ward. | St. Saviour'e Ward. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Rooms Stripped | 63 | 48 | 53 | 56 | 60 | 67 | 53 | 53 | 58 | 22 | 14 | 547 |