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City of London 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Date of Inquest
3rd March 1921
5th July 1921
19th July 1921
22nd August 1921
22nd and 30th August 1921
6th September 1921
6th and 13th October 1921
6th and 13th October 1921
6th and 13th October 1921
6th and 13th October 1921
6th and 13th October 1921
6th and 13th October 1921
20th October 1921
20th October 1921
7th November 1921
16th December 1921
16th December 1921
22nd December 1921
Premises burnt
68 Fleet Street EC
33 Whitecross Street EC
52 Aldersgate Street EC
41 Jewin Crescent EC
122 Minories EC
27 Camomile Street EC
39 Jewin Street EC
39 Jewin Street EC
39 Jewin Street EC
39 Jewin Street EC
39 Jewin Street EC
39 Jewin Street EC
7 Camomile Street EC
3 Lawrence Lane EC
2 Aldermanbury Avenue EC
13 Wine Office Court Fleet Street EC
13 Rose Street and Paternoster Square
Newgate Street EC
142 Houndsditch EC
In addition to the above the City Coroner personally inquired into 236 "nonfatal"
City fires reported to him during the year
DISINFECTANTS—As heretofore all the disinfectants used in the Public
Health Department were obtained through your Medical Officer of Health
They are used for the following purposes:—
A Deodorising and "denaturalising" condemned meat disinfecting
public conveniences (urinals &c)
B Disinfecting roadways street gullies &c
C Disinfecting premises &c after infectious disease drain testing and
sundries
LIQUIDS SOLD AS DISINFECTANTS
The Council of the Royal Sanitary Institute at their annual conference held in
Birmingham in July 1920 passed the following Resolution and in the following
November forwarded a copy to the Corporation with the request that it should be
considered and if approved a similar Resolution passed and forwarded to the
Ministry of Health
(1) "That it is desirable in the public interest and on public health grounds that the
"sale of any liquid as a ' Disinfectant' should be controlled by legislation
(2) "That such legislation should demand that any liquid sold as ' Disinfectant' shall
" have a carbolic acid coefficient (as tested by an approved method) of at least one
(3) "That a penalty should be imposed (a) for any false or misleading statements as
"to the germicidal value of a disinfectant and (b) for any misleading instructions with
"reference to the effective use of a disinfectant"
The efficient control of the sale of socalled "Disinfectants" is a matter which
in my opinion should receive the attention of the Legislature and a Resolution
in similar terms to that quoted above was passed by the Sanitary Committee and
forwarded to the Ministry of Health
SANITARY INSPECTIONS
The following is a statement of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors in their
several Districts durine each month of the vear:—

WEST DISTRICT—

Inspector F J Robbins

MonthPremises InspectedOrders issuedNotices servedImprovements effected
January1422310
February2004220
March2277828
April32167136
May266181022
June28272052
July2001325
August2181530
September2002530
October22571227
November23231623
December3428830
Totals285566163333