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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XV.
Effects Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1905.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Hospital Bedding, &c. | Total Number of Disinfections. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken-pox. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | J Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Plague. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Yellow Fever. | Precautionary Measure. | |||
| January | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 10 |
| February | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 10 |
| March | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 15 |
| April | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 14 |
| May | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 11 |
| June | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 10 |
| July | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 |
| August | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 14 |
| September | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 18 |
| October | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 11 |
| November | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 |
| December | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals | 5 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 127 |