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The yearly averages are given in the Table of Disinfection
Work carried out during the past 30 years.
Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting
Department in the Borough of Lambeth during 1913.
Total No. of rooms disinfected by Council 8098
Cases in which bedding was disinfected at home 2420
Do. do. do. at Chamber 3555
Do. do. do. destroyed 80
Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied 19375
No. of Cleansing Notices served in connection 'with
infected houses 1783
Certificates of Medical Practitioners received in
lieu of disinfection by the Council 15
Schools disinfectedf (156 class-rooms) 23
Certificates of disinfection left with occupiers of
disinfected premises 6097
Library books disinfected‡ 343
Mattresses re-tabbed by Council 913
Cabs disinfected 4
Railway carriage disinfected 1
Articles of bedding, etc., disinfected.
Beds 2178
Bolsters 1773
Pillows 4852
Mattresses . 1757
Palliasses 85
Chair Cushions 517
Clothing . 6078
Sheets 2431
Blankets . . 4099
* The number is increased, compared with previous years, owing
to bedding no longer being removed to the disinfecting station in the
cases of Measles, Chicken-pox and Whooping Cough,
t Scarlet Fever 14, Diphtheria 1, Measles 7, Mumps 1.
t 158 Public Library and 190 Private Library Books.