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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 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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DISINFECTION.
(a) Rooms.—During 1925 there were 2,086 rooms fumigated
and 459 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.

Table: The number of rooms fumigated and cleansed each month is set out in the following table:—Number of rooms fumigated and cleansed each month during1925.

The number of rooms fumigated and cleansed each month is set out in the following table:—

Number of rooms fumigated and cleansed each month during1925.

Month.Rooms Fumigated.Rooms Cleansed.
January20258
February15046
March17935
April15243
May11638
June20538
July22050
August14127
September15654
October16050
November19620
December209—
Total2,086459

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(b) Articles of Clothing, Furniture, etc.—The number of
articles under this head disinfected during last year was 33,895.
This is an increase of 11,701 upon the number disinfected during
1924. A table is here given showing details of the articles disinfected
each month.