Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Lowhall Farm, and were thoroughly disinfected with dry steam.
Below is a list showing the number of articles thus dealt with :—
Beds 1335
Bolsters 666
Pillows 1835
Blankets 1778
Miscellaneous 8390
Library books 96
Rooms fumigated or sprayed 941
Schools 6
15047
Patients have been removed to Hospital as follows :—
To Sanatorium 581
To Walthamstow Hospital 12
593
Factory and Workshops Acts.—The premises registered and
under inspection in the district under these Acts, recognised respectively
as factories, workshops, outworkers, and workplaces have
been regularly supervised.
Factories.—These are premises in which power is employed,
and in which the Public Health Acts apply in reference to cleanliness
and sanitary accommodation. These number 78, and include
the following trades :—
Engineers 11
Sawmills and joinery works 9
Clothing, blouses, etc. 5
Printers 5
Laundries 7
Mineral water works 4
Butchers 10
Stone works 2