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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE VII.
Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1913.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Total Number of Disinfections. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | Chicken-pox. | Cholera. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Plague | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Tuberculosis. | Precautionary Measure. | Fumigation | ||
| January | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
| February | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 7 |
| March | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 8 |
| April | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 |
| May | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| June | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| July | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 12 |
| August | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| September | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 12 |
| October | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | 15 |
| November | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 10 |
| December | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 11 |
| Totals | ... | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 131 | |
TABLE VIII.
Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1913.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Hospital Bedding, &c. | Total Effects. | Number of times Steam Disinfector was used. | Disinfected by Fumigation. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera. | Chicken-pox. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Plague. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Tuberculosis. | Precautionary measure. | |||||
| January | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| February | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... |
| March | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 7 | ... |
| April | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ... |
| May | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 12 | 5 | ... |
| June | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 5 | ... |
| July | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... |
| August | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 2 | ... |
| September | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... |
| October | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | 5 | ... |
| November | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... |
| December | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | ... |
| Totals | ... | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | ... | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 74 | 37 | ... |