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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Articles Disinfected, 1921.
In addition to these there were 85 articles destroyed on
request from the owners. These are set out in the following
table:—
Articles Destroyed.
Beds 31
Bolsters 2
Mattresses 23
Pillows 2
Sundry Articles 27
Total 86
(c) Public Library Books.— During the past year 835 books
from homes in which infectious diseases had occurred were disinfected.
The method of disinfection of books practised is to
expose the books in a closed chamber to the action of formic
aldehyde gas, which is generated in a lamp from formalin tablets.
Books Disinfected.
Month. Number.
January 62
February 60
March 32
April 77
May 46
June 62
July 67
August 30
September 127
October 121
November 81
December 70
835