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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

St Giles (Camden) 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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5. Perfect control over the degree of heat is obtained
without any risk of burning the articles operated on.
6. The disinfected articles are perfectly dry when taken
out of the apparatus.
7. Certainty of disinfection, the pressure of the steam
quickly penetrating through the thickest and most closely
packed bad conductors of heat, such as feathers, beds,
mattresses, rags, &c.

Table: The following is a list of articles disinfected during the year in the apparatus at the stone yard:—

The following is a list of articles disinfected during the year in the apparatus at the stone yard:—

Articles.NumberArticles.NumberArticles.Number.
Aprons2Dresses7Scarves2
Bags5Dress Bodices23Shawls48
Beds195Dress Skirts24Sheets340
Bedcovers10Dressing Gowns22Shirts45
Bedgowns3Frocks16Socks2
Blankets363Gloves6Stays16
Bolsters27Guernseys6Stockings19
Books1Handkerchiefs44Sundries155
Capes3Jackets31Table Covers20
Caps22Mats4Towels40
Carpets14Mattresses64Trousers24
Carpet Pieces41Neckties13Ulsters4
Chemises25Night Shirts8Vallances27
Cloaks3Night Dresses48Vests39
Coats26Petticoats60Wrappers3
Collars13Pillows431
Counterpanes147Pillow Cases262Total2,910
Cuffs4Pinafores9
Curtains14Quilts52
Drawers20Bugs58