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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
Hackney 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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DISINFECTION.
(a) Rooms.—During the year 1906 there were 2,154 rooms
fumigated, and 845 rooms cleansed by the Staff of the Public
Health Department. Amongst this number is included the disinfection
after cases of phthisis, measles and whooping cough.
The disinfection and cleansing done each month of the year is
set out in the following table.
Number of Rooms Fumigated and Cleansed each Month during 1906.
| Month. | Rooms Fumigated. | Rooms Cleansed. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 174 | 80 | The method of fumigation is by burning sulphur. After fumigation the rooms to be cleansed are stripped of their wall-paper and cleansed with a solution of carbolic. The ceilings are afterwards whitened. |
| February | 145 | 70 | |
| March | 183 | 63 | |
| April | 188 | 53 | |
| May | 275 | 70 | |
| June | 202 | 68 | |
| July | 152 | 58 | |
| August | 90 | 56 | |
| September | 134 | 46 | |
| October | 246 | 93 | |
| November | 202 | 107 | |
| December | 163 | 81 | |
| Total | 2,154 | 845 |