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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Disinfection.
The total number of rooms disinfected after the occurrence
of cases of infectious disease was 3,787 (715 in Clapham, 382 in
Putney, 873 in Streatham, 651 in Tooting, and 1,166 in Wandsworth),
compared with 4,419 in 1911, 2,166 in 1910, and 3,146 in
1909.
The decrease was largely due to the decrease in the number
of disinfections carried out after Measles.
1,744 lots of bedding were stoved at the Disinfecting Station,
compared with 1,603 in 1911. 1.230 in 1910 and 1,584 in 1909.
The 1,744 lots of bedding included the following:—959 beds,
1,120 bolsters, 2,498 pillows, 1,206 mattresses, 510 palliasses, 1,563
sheets, 1,411 quilts, 756 cushions, 5,820 articles of clothing, 2,621
blankets, 152 carpets, and 2,785 extra articles, a total of 21,401
articles, compared with 21,613 in 1911, 15,430 in 1910, and 20,843
in 1909.
1,006 premises were disinfected after Measles and 426 after
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, compared with 2,638 and 313 in 1911.
36 beds, 13 bolsters, 43 pillows, 54 mattresses, 53 palliasses,
five sheets, nine quilts, xo cushions, 136 articles of clothing, nine
blankets, two carpets, and 201 extra articles, were removed and
destroyed by request of the owners during the year.
Disinfection was also carried out by the Sanitary Staff at
premises after non-notifiable diseases, chiefly Cancer, and the sum
of £26 16s. 6d., was received for such disinfection.
574 rooms were disinfected with sulphur in consequence of
their verminous condition and 86 lots of verminous bedding disinfected,
compared with 240 rooms and 11 lots of bedding in 1911.
I have regularly visited the Disinfecting Station during the
year, and am able to report that the work has been carried out
by the staff to my entire satisfaction.