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 Surbiton]
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The Public Elementary Schools were disinfected
as arranged with the Managers and Surrey Education
Committee; the walls, floors, and ceilings being
sprayed with formaldehyde during the holidays.
The following articles of bedding, wearing
apparel, etc., were removed to the Tolworth Isolation
Hospital for steam disinfection under the
superintendence of the Hospital staff:—
Beds 1
Blankets 348
Bolsters 27
Carpets 7
Counterpanes 96
Curtains 1
Cushions 8
Mattresses 108
Mattress Covers 26
Pillows 154
Pillow Cases 103
Quilts 10
Rugs 21
Sheets 197
Toilet Covers 3
"Wearing Apparel 370
Miscellaneous 111
Towels 55
Eiderdowns 6
Palliasses 1
1,653
No. of rooms disinfected 170
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
Legal proceedings were taken in an attempt to
abate overcrowding in five caravans on wheels.
Two of the cases were adjourned and three were dismissed
as there was no legal standard applicable.