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Port of London 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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DISINFECTION.
The authority now possesses two disinfecting machines ; one for fumigating
the holds and interior parts of vessels, and the Washington Lyons steam
disinfector for bedding and effects at Denton Hospital.
For fumigating the holds of vessels, a special apparatus has been in use on
several occasions. It has been used in each case for the destruction of rats,
and with remarkable success where these existed ; and arrangements have
been entered into with certain shipowners for the regular fumigation of their
vessels.
The total number of vessels disinfected on account of infectious disease
during the year was 91, whilst the steam apparatus was in use 74 times for
disinfecting 79 different lots of effects. •

Table: TABLE XXLV essels and P remises D isinfected, from 1 st J anuary to 31 st D ecember, 1910.

TABLE XXL

V essels and P remises D isinfected, from 1 st J anuary to 31 st D ecember, 1910.

Month.Reason for Disinfection. •Total Number of Disinfections.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Chicken-pox.Cholera (Suspected).Continued Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Malaria.Measles.Plague (Suspected).Scarlet Fever. !Small-pox.Precautionary Measure.
January.........112......1......1...6
February........................1......2I4
March...2.........2...............228
April............13............1...27
May...............11...............C8
June...............1..................23
July -...............4......2......1...7
August...2.........2......1.........49
September...11...23...12......1213
October......1......1......211...511
November............11............1...58
December...............3..................47
Totals5215231191373391