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EDMONTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Chief Sanitary Inspector
For the YEAR 1919.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Edmonton.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Edmonton Urban District Council.
Mr. Chairman, Mrs. Benjafield and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Report on the work done in the
Public Health Department for the year 1919 by your Inspectors and staff.
REMOVAL OF PATIENTS TO HOSPITALS AND DISINFECTIONS.
No. of journeys of motor ambulance to remove patients to Winchmore
Hill Hospital 374
No. of journeys of horse ambulance to hospital 120
No. of journeys of bedding van to remove infected bedding 318
No. of journeys of bedding van to return bedding 306
No. of journeys of brougham to fetch patients from hospital 205
No. of patients returned to their homes from hospital by brougham 614
No. of rooms disinfected after infectious disease, etc. 740
No. of articles of bedding, etc., disinfected 6852
No. of articles of bedding destroyed 29
No. of books disinfected 40
No. of rooms disinfected after phthisis 128
No. of articles of bedding, etc., disinfected after phthisis 580
No. of articles of bedding, etc., destroyed after phthisis 5
No. of rooms and bedding disinfected for vermin 65
The removal of patients to hospital is still carried out by your Disinfector,
who also acts as an attendant. The Inspectors assist when necessary; they
also take duty with the Disinfector on alternate Sundays.
The Library, all Day Schools and all Sunday Schools were disinfected.