[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of].

  • Southwark (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1915?]
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    66 DISINFECTION. The total number of disinfections of rooms during the year by the Council's disinfecting staff was 9,371. Of this number 2,311 rooms were disinfected after the occurrence of the ordinary notifiable infectious diseases, as against 1,484 rooms in 1913. 5,768 periodical sprayings of rooms occupied by Phthisical patients were also carried out during the year. 1,292 verminous rooms were sulphured and otherwise cleansed by the Council's staff during the year, as against 1,224 in 1913. Among the total number of disinfections (9,371) it was found necessary to strip 722 rooms. Of these 572 were in relation to the notifiable diseases, 147 after the termination of cases of Phthisis, and 3 were verminous. TABLE 35. The Locality of Rooms Disinfected. After the occurrence of Infectious Disease. St. Mary's Ward. St. Paul's Ward. St. Peter's Ward. St. John's Ward. Trinity Ward. All Saints Ward. St. Michael's Ward. St. Jude's Ward. St. George's Ward Christ church Ward. St. Saviour's Ward. Total. Number of Rooms Disin fected 344 298 155 496 134 157 193 186 155 67 126 2311 TABLE 36. The Locality of the Rooms Stripped after the occurrence of Infectious Disease, St. Mary's Ward. St. Paul's Ward. St. Peter's Ward. St. John's Ward. Tri'ity Ward. All Saints Ward. St. MichaelV Ward. St. Jade's Ward. St. George's Ward. Christ Church Ward. St. Saviour's Ward. Total. Number of Rooms Stripped 90 85 44 49 39 59 54 66 45 19 22 572