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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 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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65
DISINFECTION.
(a) Rooms.—During 1923 there were 1,804 rooms fumigated
and 490 rooms cleansed in the Borough by the staff of the
Public Health Department. In these totals are included disinfections
after measles, whooping cough and tuberculosis, in addition
to those in connection with the present notifiable infectious diseases.
The number of rooms fumigated and cleansed each month is
set out in the following table:—

Table: Number of rooms fumigated and cleansed each month during1923.

Number of rooms fumigated and cleansed each month during1923.

Month.Roomsfumigated.Roomscleansed.
January...165...39
February...144...33
March...156...36
April...119...33
May...177...57
June...138...53
July...165...44
August...96...25
September...136...31
October...144...42
November...164...57
December...200...40
Total...1,804...790

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(b) Articles of Clothing, Furniture, etc.—The number of
articles under this head disinfected during last year was 14,530.
This is an increase of 1,819 upon the number disinfected during
1922. A table is here given showing details of the articles disinfected
each month.