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Southwark 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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DISINFECTION.
The total number of disinfections of rooms during the year by the
Council's disinfecting staff was 942. Of this number 805 rooms
were disinfected after the occurrence of the ordinary notifiable infectious
diseases, and 137 after cases of phthisis.
1,513 verminous rooms were sulphured and otherwise cleansed by
the Council's staff during the year, as against 1,483 in 1935.
Among the total number of disinfections (942) it was found unnecessary
to strip any rooms.
| 1936. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Smallpox. | Other Diseases, etc. | Verminous Persons. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | No. of 1 Families | No. of Persons | No. of Days | No. of Families | No. of Persons | No. of Days | No. of Families | No. of Persons | No. of Days | No. of Families | No. of Persons | No. of Days | No. of Families | No. of Persons | No. of Days |
| Jan. 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Feb. 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,,22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| March 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| ,, 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| April 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| June 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| ,, 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 cwt. 55 lbs. of horsehair and 60½ lbs. of bristles were disinfected.
16 cwt. 18 lbs. of household effect were destroyed.