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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 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE IV.
Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1916.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Total number of Disinfections. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | Chicken-pox. | Cholera. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Leprosy. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Plague. | Remittent Fever. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis, &c. | Precautionary Measure. | Vessels Fumigated. | ||
| January | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| February | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| March | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| April | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| May | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| June | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| July | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| August | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| September | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| October | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| November | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| December | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 81 | ||||
TABLE V.
Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1916.
| Month. | Cholera. | Chicken-pox, | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis, &c. | Plague. | Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox | Precautionary Measure. | Hospital Bedding, & c. | Total Effects. | Number of times Steam Disinfector wa used. | Disinfected by Funigation. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| February | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| March | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| April | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| May | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| June | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| August | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| September | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| October | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| November | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| December | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 59 | 10 |