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DISINFECTION.
Disinfection of premises and of articles exposed to infection
is insisted upon in all cases of notifiable infectious disease. Respect
is always had as far as possible to the convenience and comfort
of the householder. Rooms are sealed up for disinfection and
beds, bedding, clothes and other articles are removed and disinfected
at the station.
I am pleased to be able to report that the new disinfecting
station is well on the way to completion and there is a decided
prospect that it will be opened within the course of a few months.
The existing station was built as a temporary structure some
twenty-five years ago because at that time no suitable site for
a station of adequate size was available.
The building of the Electric Light Station and of the New
Offices have both interfered somewhat with the present disinfecting
station, and work has been carried on under great difficulties
for some time past. It is, therefore, a matter for congratulation
that we have had no serious epidemic and so few cases of small-pox
during this period.
The new station will be on three floors and the arrangement
can be seen on the accompanying plans.
The ground floor will be occupied solely with the disinfection
and cleansing of household goods and personal clothing, and the
arrangements are such that articles coming in dirty will be kept
entirely separate from those going out clean.
On the first floor provision has been made for the cleansing of
4,000 verminous children per annum. These, of course, will
come from other districts besides Bermondsey and the L.C.C.
has already been consulted in the matter. On this floor also
there will be baths and dressing rooms for the staff, and a drying
and mangling room for sheets, pillow-slips and other similar
goods.
Verminous baths for adults are provided on the second floor,
together with a separate bathroom for the treatment of scabies,