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Hendon 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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42
The twenty-one samples of milk reported against by the
County Analyst included eleven "informal" samples and four
formal samples in which the deficiences as compared with
the presumptive standards, were insufficiently serious to
justify legal proceedings.
DISINFECTION.
363 Infected rooms disinfected by spraying with a solution
of Formalin or by the vapourising of Formaldehyde
Tablets.
42 Infected rooms cleansed, viz.: Wallpapers stripped
from walls and ceilings whitewashed in compliance
with Notices served under the Infectious Diseases
(Prevention) Act, 1890.
5773 Mattresses, articles of bedding, clothing, etc., disinfected
at Disinfection Station by steam in a Washington-Lyon
apparatus. All articles disinlected, collected
and returned by the Sanitary Authority by a motor van.