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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Purification.—(a) Number of batches of articles in an unwholesome condition
removed for purification, 834.
Number of Articles Purified and Destroyed:—
| ARTICLES. | Purified. | Destroyed. | Total. | ARTICLES. | Purified. | Destroyed. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beds | ... | Silks | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Mattresses | ... | Satins | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Palliasses | ... | Velvets | ... | ... | |||
| Bolsters | Hats | ... | ... | ||||
| Pillows | ... | Bonnets | ... | ... | |||
| Sheets | ... | Gloves | ... | ... | |||
| Blankets | ... | Boots and Shoes | 6 | ||||
| Counterpanes | ... | Other Leather Goods | ... | ... | |||
| Wearing apparel | ... | Furs | ... | ... | |||
| Bugs and Mats | ... | ... | Skin Bugs and Mats | ... | ... | ||
| Cushions | ... | Braces and Garters | ... | ... | |||
| Carpets | ... | OtherElastic Goods | ... | ... | |||
| Covers | ... | Toys | ... | ... | |||
| Curtains | ... | Books | ... | ... | |||
| Sundries | ... | Sundries | ... | ... |
(6) Number of rooms infested with vermin caused to be stripped and
cleansed, 22.
Note.—This table was not commenced until the fourth quarter of the year.
DISINFECTION OF ROOMS.
Infected rooms are sprayed and fumigated in the following manner:—
(1) All openings are closed and sealed.
(2) The surfaces are sprayed with a 2 per cent, solution of formaldehyde
(made by mixing 6 ounces of 40 per cent, solution of fomalin with
one gallon of water).
(3) With the surfaces wet and the air of the room saturated with moisture,
sulphur cakes (1 lb. per 1,000 cubic feet of air space) are burnt for
fumigation. The fresh sulphurous acid gas is produced in an atmosphere
saturated with moisture and allowed to act for about four hours.
Sulphurous acid is a heavy, slowly diffusible gas fitted to act slowly
over a prolonged period. Formaldehyde is a light, rapidly diffusible
gas, best applied in solution.
THE STEAM DISINFECTING CHAMBERS.
Mode of Piocedure.
The manner in which a high-pressure disinfecting chamber is to be used
when it has been charged with infected articles is as follows: —