[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney] page 77

Hackney 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The following table shows the number of such articles treated at the Disinfecting Station in each month of the year, together with the number of collections of verminous or filthy goods for destruction to which reference is made on page 74.

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The following table shows the number of such articles treated at the Disinfecting Station in each month of the year, together with the number of collections of verminous or filthy goods for destruction to which reference is made on page 74.

Month.		Verminous articles disinfected.					Collections of Verminous or Filthy Goods for destruction
Month.	Beds, Overlays or Mattresses.	Other Bedding Materials.	Men's Clothing.	Women's Clothing.	Children's Clothing.	Totals.	Collections of Verminous or Filthy Goods for destruction
January	—	-	230	260	385	875	17
February	—	—	175	280	775	1230	20
March	1	—	110	100	370	581	21
April	1	2	70	90	295	458	74
May	6	5	120	210	445	786	59
June	8	50	136	59	300	553	55
July	22	36	70	80	100	308	46
August	39	30	30	30	210	339	50
September	26	140	85	30	680	961	27
October	33	24	100	90	795	1042	59
November	6	18	140	145	1390	1699	31
December	—	—	155	130	760	1045	24
Totals	142	305	1421	1504	6505	9877	483

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(4) Whether the work of disinfestation is carried out by the
Local Authority or by a contractor.
With the exception of the disinfestation of the possessions of
127 families transferred from clearance areas to Council flats in
1934, which were treated by hydrogen cyanide by the van method by
a contractor, all disinfestation work in the Borough has been carried
out by the staff of the Public Health Department.

Table: The following is a statement of this work in the past four years:—

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Year.	Houses disinfested by Staff of Public Health Department.		Families' belongings treated with hydrogen cyanide.
Year.	Houses.	Rooms.	By Staff of Public Health Department.	By Contractor.
1934	760	1,205	—	127
1935	819	1,238	199	—
1936	864	1,343	70	—
1937	832	1,514	153	—
Totals	3,275	5,300	422	127

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Hackney 1937

Table: The following table shows the number of such articles treated at the Disinfecting Station in each month of the year, together with the number of collections of verminous or filthy goods for destruction to which reference is made on page 74.

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Table: The following is a statement of this work in the past four years:—