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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
Surbiton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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DISINFECTION.
(a) During the year disinfection was carried out at
thirty-five premises in which the following diseases
occurred
Anterior Poliomyelitis (or suspected) 7
Mumps 1
Para-typhoid B 2
Scarlet fever 8
Tuberculosis 8
Miscellaneous 9
Disinfection was also carried out at thirty-four other
premises on request, the occupier in each case paying the cost.
(b) The total number of articles disinfected by steam at the Tolworth Hospital, or destroyed was:-
| Disinfected | Destroyed | |
|---|---|---|
| Blankets | 17 | 6 |
| Bolsters | 3 | 2 |
| Counterpanes | - | 1 |
| Featherbeds | - | k |
| Mattresses | 17 | k |
| Mattress covers | 2 | 1 |
| Pillows | 32 | 9 |
| Pillow cases | 3 | 3 |
| Sheets | - | 2 |
| Towels | 6 | - |
| Wearing apparel | 25 | 22 |
| Bedspreads | 2 | 1 |
| Eiderdowns | 1 | |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 40 |
| 109 | 95 |
(c) No. of rooms disinfected 97
No. of library books disinfected 165
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