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Posters and labels were displayed, advising and
encouraging the public to make full use of the facilities.
The Convenience Attendants were told of the necessity for
adequate supervision to prevent abuse, and were asked to
give their full co-operation to "educate" the public in
the use of the "free washing".
The provision of these facilities has much
increased the work of Mr. Hughes, Disinfecting Superintendent,
and his staff, in delivering the bulky packets of towels and
liquid cleanser (the latter is broken down to half strength
at the Disinfecting Station before being delivered to the
Conveniences), and especially so at the commencement of the
scheme when the demand could only be guessed at, and frequent
additional deliveries were often necessary.
As this report is concerned only with 1949, and
the service was only inaugurated in the December of that year,
it is not possible to draw any conclusions; but when the
public become in the habit of automatically washing their
hands after using the toilet, I am confident that the increase
in personal hygiene will result in an improvement in the
health of the populace of the Borough.