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DISINFECTING DEPARTMENT.
During 190(1 good work has been done by the Staff
(individually and collectively) in connection with the Disinfecting
Department—4061 infected rooms and 22850 infected articles
(bedding, etc.) having been disinfected, as compared with 4636
and 51552 respectively during 1905. A total number of
2074 notifiable infectious diseases have been reported during
the year 1906, but a large amount of disinfection has also been
carried out in connection with cases of Measles (836), Whooping
Cough (455), Tuberculosis (592), Chicken-pox (354), Verminous
Houses (45), Cancer (18), and Other Diseases (133). Full
details are to be found on page 122.
Of the compulsorily notifiable diseases, 2074 have been dealt
with, whilst 23 Schools (19 public and 4 private) have been
disinfected in connection with outbreaks of infectious disease,
viz., Measles 7, Scarlet Fever 10, Chicken-pox 3, Diphtheria 2
and Typhoid 1.
Particulars as to disinfection carried out in the
Borough of Lambeth during 1906.
Total No. of rooms disinfected by Council 4061
Cases in which bedding has been disinfected at
home 881*
Do. do. do. at Chamber 2484
Do. do. do. destroyed 33
Bedding replaced by the Council 1
Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied 11735
Infected cabs disinfected 4
No. of Cleansing Notices served in connection
with infected houses 2939
Certificates of Medical Practitioners received
in lieu of disinfection by the Council 31
Certificates of disinfection left with occupiers of
disinfected premises 2919
* This number is increased, compared with previous years, owing to
bedding no longer being removed to the Disinfecting Chamber in the cases of
Measles, Chicken-pox and Whooping Cough.