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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
City of London 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX B.
Effects Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1904.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Hospital Bedding, &c. | Total Number of Disinfections. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken-pox. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Plague. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Precautionary Measure. | |||
| January | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| February | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | ||||||
| March | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| April | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| May | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||||||
| June | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ||||||||
| July | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| August | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| September | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| October | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |||||||
| November | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| December - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||||||
| Totals | 5 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 121 |