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Hackney 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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68
DISINFECTION.
(a) Rooms.—During 1926 there were 2,245 rooms fumigated
in the Borough by the staff of the Public Health Department. In
these totals are included disinfections after measles, whoopingcough
and tuberculosis, in addition to those in connection with
the present notifiable infectious diseases.

Table: The number of rooms fumigated each month is set out in the following table:—Number of rooms fumigated each month during1926.

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

Number of rooms fumigated each month during1926.

January193
February201
March263
April185
May193
June178
July183
August129
September161
October194
November200
December165
Total2,245

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(b) Articles of Clothing, Furniture, etc.—The number of
articles under this head disinfected during- last year was 37,580.
This is an increase of 3,685 upon the number disinfected during;
1925. A table is here given showing details of the articles
disinfected each month.