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 Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1912
The following statement is a record of the work performed by the Steam Disinfectors during the past eighteen years. It, however, includes only large articles, and bundles of small ones.
| 1895 | 17,240 articles |
| 1896 | 42,258 |
| 1897 | 28,302 „ |
| 1898 | 20,172 „ |
| 1899 | 25,378 „ |
| 1900 | 19,136 „ |
| 1901 | 27,050 „ |
| 1902 | 36,772 „ |
| 1903 | 23,748 „ |
| 1904 | 21,868 „ |
| 1905 | 25,463 „ |
| 1906 | 28,629 „ |
| 1907 | 30,083 „ |
| 1908 | 62,455 „ |
| 1909 | 68,860 ,, |
| 1910 | 83,786 „ |
| 1911 | 88,999 „ |
| Total for eighteen years - | 719,708 „ |
| How disposed of. | Carbolic Powder. | Disinfecting Fluid. | Formaldehyde. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powder. | Solution. | ||||||
| Tons. | cwts. | Gallons. | cwt. | qr | lb. | Gallons. | |
| To Householders | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Disinfection of Premises | — | — | 2 | 42 | |||
Cost = £67 15s. 3d.