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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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37
DISINFECTION.
(a) Rooms Disinfected.—During 1938 there were 2,720 rooms
in 2,242 premises in the Borough disinfected by the staff of the
Public Health Department, after the occurrence of infectious and
contagious diseases.

Table: The number of rooms so dealt with in each month of the year is set out in the following table:—

The number of rooms so dealt with in each month of the year is set out in the following table:—

January264
February228
March347
April261
May273
June215
July213
August113
September140
October199
November231
December236
Total2,720

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(b) Articles of Clothing, etc.—The number of infected articles
disinfected or destroyed during last year was 42,814. A table
is here given showing details of the articles dealt with during each
month of the year.