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DISTRIBUTION OF DISINFECTANTS.
Ten thousand three hundred and seventy-seven
pint bottles of disinfectant fluid were distributed.
Bearing in view the fact that the disinfectant fluid
given out is largely used as a deodorant, for rinsing
down sink-wastes and gullies or for washing floors, it
is now given out in a diluted form. The giving out
of a disinfectant fluid in undiluted form tends to
waste, as so many persons do not understand the need
for diluting it.
SHELTER FOR CONTACTS.
(3, St. James' Road.)
Fortunately little use had to be made of this
house during the year. Three persons were accommodated
for a few hours whilst their home was being
disinfected after removal of a case of small-pox.
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919.
During the year advice was given to persons needing
it and a few informal notices were served on
persons whose premises were found to harbour rats.
It was not found necessary to serve any formal Statutory
Notices.
PUBLIC MORTUARY.
(Church Row, Bethnal Green, E.2.)

Exact particulars are only available as to the 99 bodies
on which coroner's inquests were held. On 59 of these
bodies post-mortem examinations were made.