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London County Council 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Return of Replies from District Medical Officers of Health—continued.

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Return of Replies from District Medical Officers of Health—continued.

No.	PariBh or District.	Whether Sanitary Authority has provided disinfecting oven.	Where oven is situated.	Whether disinfection effected by dry heat or steam.	Manner in which dry heat is produced	Arrangements made where no oven has been provided	Whether any chemical used in connection with the oven.	Length of time feather bed of 9 average size is retained in oven, and highest temperature in centre of bed.	Arrangements made for removal of infected articles to and from oven.	Method adopted for disinfecting houses.	Disinfectant recommended for disinfection of excreta.	Whether charge is made for disinfection.	Whether shelter has been provided as required by Section 60 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.	Diseases after which Authority carries out disinfection.	remabke
32	Bermondsey	Yes	Town-hall, Spa-road	Steam(Goddard Massey and Warner)	...	...	No	¾ hour;230°F.	SOUTH DISTR Two zinc-lined trucks, one for disinfected and one for infected articles	ICTS—continued. Sulphur, subsequent cleansing with carbolic acid	Carbolic acid, 98 per cent. and 30 per cent. In cholera, sulphate of iron and carbolic acid	No	No	Smallpox, typhus, diphtheria, scarlet fever, erysipelas, typhoid, cholera	Disinfector erected July, 1892; cost of apparatus, £241; cost of building, £200.
33	Rotherhithe ...	No	...	Steam (Washington Lyon)		By contract with Messrs Lyon, of Old Kent-road		Feather, hair, or flock beds, 2 hours average ; 260° F.	A zinc-lined van belonging to Yestry conveys articles in canvas bags to the disinfecting ovens. The same van takes	Sulphur	would be used Sanitas, carbolic acid, Condy's fluid	No	No	Smallpox, scarlet fever, typhus, typhoid, diphtheria.
34	Lambeth	Yes	Yestry Wharf, Belvedere-road	Steam	...	...	No	30 minutes; 200° F.	them back. Covered vans, one for infected and one for disinfected articles.	Cleansing and sulphur	Carbolic acid for drains	No	No,but arrangement on occasion is made for the use of a suitable house in the district	All notifiable diseases.
35	Battersea	No	...	Steam		By contract with Mr. Lacy, of Pulham	...	...	...	Sulphur. In certain cases corrosive sublimate is burnt	Sanitas, carbolic acid, Condy's fluid	No	Yes	All notifiable diseases	If bedding is very foul it is destroyed in the dust destructor, and compensation given.
36	Wandsworth— Clapham Putney Streatham ...TootingWandsworth..	No	...	Steam		By contract with Mr. Lacy of Fulham	No	20 minutes; 260° F.	Special zinc - lined vans. Articles removed in canvas bags	with sulphur. Sulphur. Subsequent stripping of walls and thorough cleansing of woodwork	Carbolic powder, permanganate of iron, bichloride of mercury, sulphate of iron	No	Clapham and Putney have provided shelters. Wandsworth, Streatham and Tooting about to do so	All infectious diseases	It has been decided to erect a disinfecting station at Clapham.
37	Camberwell ...	Yes	Park-road, Peck-ham	Superheated steam	...	...	No	About 1 hour	Air-tight iron carts	Washing, cleansing, and sulphuring, and, if necessary,	Perchloride of mercury	No	Willbe provided shortly	Notifiable diseases except erysipelas	Occasionally rooms are washed with corrosive sublimate solution.
38	Greenwich— Greenwich	Yes	Chester - street, East Greenwich	Dry heat; steam d i s infe ctor (Washington Lyon) in course of erection	...	...	No	½ hour; temperature of oven 240° F.	Two metal - lined carts, one for infected and one for disinfected articles	repapering Sulphur	Carbolic acid, Jeyes' disinfectant, perchloride of mercury with hydrochloric acid.	No	Yes	Notifiable diseases.
	Deptford	Yes	The Board's Yard, Knott-street, Dept	Steam (Washington Lyon)	...	...	No	40 minutes; 251° F.	Two separate vans, for infected and disinfected articles	Sulphur	Solution of perchloride of mercury	No	Yes. Share the use of the above	Notifiable diseases.
39	Lewisham	Yes (2 ovens)	ford 1. The Depot, Molesworth-street,Lewis-	Steam	...	...	No	30 minutes; 260°-268° F.	Iron tank carts	Sulphur, washing, and cleansing. Re-papering if neces	Jeyes' fluid, one pint to three gallons of water, carbolic,	No	No	Notifiable diseases.
			ham 2. Stone - yard, Penge	Dry heat	Gas	...	...	15 minutes at temperature of 210°-220°		sary	sanitas, and permanganate of potash
40	Woolwich	Yes	Dockyard Wharf	Steam (Washington Lyon)	...	...	No	F. 30 minutes; 230 F.	Special vans	Sulphur	Perchloride of mercury eight oz., methylated spirit two pints, aniline green half oz., wa	No	Yes	Notifiable diseases.
41	Plumstead	Yes	Parish Yard, Maxey-road	Steam (Washington Lyon)	...	...	No	4hours; 250°-260° F.	Two zinc - lined covered carts, one for infected, one for disinfected articles	Sulphur, general cleaning	ter to 50 gallons Solution of perchloride of mercury 1 in 1,000	No	Yes	Notifiable diseases, and phthisis when application is made.
42	Lee— Charlton	No	...	...	...	None	...	...	...	Fumigation with chlorine gas	Carbolic powder	No	Yes	Scarlet fever, smallpox, diphtheria	Infected bedding is destroyed and compensation given, if necessary.
	Lee and Kid-brooke	Yes	At Plumstead .	Steam	...	...	No	About3 hours; 250° F.	A properly constructed closed van	Fumigation with chlorine gas, stripping walls, washing floors with car	Pure carbolic acid .	No	No	Scarlet fever, diphtheria, smallpox, typhoid and typhus fevers.
	Eltham	Yes	At Plumstead ..	Steam	...	...	No.	About 3 hours	Brought in carts lined with zinc	bolic acid solution By burning sulphur	Carbolate of lime .	No	No	Scarlet fever, typhoid, diphtheria, smallpox.