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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE Y.
Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1915.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Total Number of Disinfections. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | Chicken-pox. | Cholera. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Beri-Beri. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Plague. | Remittent Fever. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis, &c. | Precautionary Measure. | Vessels Fumigated andS prayed. | ||
| January | ... | ... | l | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| February | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| March | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 12 | |||||
| April | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 8 | ||||||||
| May | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 6 | |||||
| June | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| July | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | |||||
| August | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 7 | |||||
| September | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | |||||
| October | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| November | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 10 | ||||
| December | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 22 ... | 11 | 88 | |||||||
TABLE VI.
Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1915.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Hospital Bedding, &c. | Total Effects. | Number of times Steam Disinfector was used. | Disiufeeted by Fumigation. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera. | Chicken-pox. | Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis, &c. | Plague. | Remittent Fever. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Precautionary measure. 1 | |||||
| January | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| February | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 6 | 11 | I | ||||||
| March | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | 3 | ||||
| April | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| May | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| June | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| July | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| August | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 5 | ... | |||||||||
| September | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 9 | 7 | |||||||||
| October | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| November | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 8 | |||||||
| December | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | ... | ||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | 8 | 0 | ... | 8 | 75 | 88 | 10 | ||