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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Arrangements for Disinfection and Disinfestation
and the extent of their use.
Disinfection. The Council's Disinfecting Station is situated
in White Hart Road and two steam disinfectors are provided.
The disinfecting staff numbers three. The following Table
shews the various rooms and articles disinfected during the
year.
TABLE No. 73.
| Rooms disinfected after ordinary fevers | 469 |
| „ „ tuberculosis | 308 |
| „ „ verminous cases | 28 |
| „ „ for other reasons | 103 |
| Total articles disinfected | 15,727 |
Applications for special disinfection, not associated with
notifiable infectious diseases, are considered and carried out
at the expense of the applicant. The total amount received
from this source was £14 1s. 0d., 52 disinfections being carried
out.
Disinfestation. The number of children attending the
Cleansing Station is for practical purposes the same as 1922,
the decrease from previous years being due to the policy of
the London County Council in treating slight verminous
cases at their Minor Ailment Centres. It would, however,
be more gratifying to be able to report a consistent and
permanent diminution in the number of children attending
the Station by reason of the parents being more active in
keeping their children clean and wholesome.
The following Table shews the extent to which the Station
has been used each year since 1919:—