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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
Battersea 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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which they have pressed forward this most necessary measure for the
health and well-being of the children attending the Public Elementary
Schools. When it is remembered that in most of the houses in
the more crowded areas of the Borough, their amenities do not
include a bathroom, facilities for the cleansing of the occupiers of
such tenements become an indispensable hygienic necessity.
Disinfecting Department.
Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting Department
during 1922.
Premises disinfected 2,257
Rooms disinfected 3,737
Staircases disinfected 180
Schools disinfected 75
Number of articles laundered 32,172
destroyed 678
,, verminous persons (including 4,437
schoolchildren) 4,718
infectious disease contacts 774
Library books collected 322
Total Articles. No. * Weight.
Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs.
Bedding, &c., disinfected 71,872 161 2 0 20
lent 1,716 4 18 2 8
Verminous clothing, &c. 6,660 2 1 2 24
Total 80,248 168 2 1 24
Details as to the number of bodies received into the Mortuary and as to inquests held thereat are set out in the following:—
| Usual Place of Residence. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea. | Want's -worth | Elsewhere. | Residence unknown | ||
| Inquest and post-mortem held at Mortuary | 82 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 91 |
| Inquest at Mortuary ; postmortem at St. James' Hospital | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Inquest at Mortuary ; no post-mortem | 13 | 18 | 5 | — | 36 |
| Total inquests held Battersea Mortuary | 102 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 155 |
| Post-mortems without inquest,Batter-sea Mortuary | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Total post-mortems held at Battersea Mortuary | 84 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 93 |
| Bodies received for sanitary reasons | 4 | 4 | |||
| Other bodies on which no inquest held | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Total bodies received | 3 | ||||