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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

Heston and Isleworth 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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74
Cleansing of Verminous Persons.
Particulars are asked for as to the facilities available in the
district for the cleansing and disinfection of verminous persons and
their belongings.
Neither the Education Authority nor the Sanitary Authority
possesses a cleansing Station. This matter has been brought to
the notice of the Education Committee on many occasions. Where
application is made, the Health Department undertakes the spraying
of rooms for the removal of bed bugs, and bedding and clothing
generally can be disinfected by steam at Mogden Isolation Hospital.