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Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting
Department during 1923.
Total No. of rooms disinfected by Council 6330
Do. articles do. 15435
Cases in which bedding was disinfected at home* 2414
Do. do. do. at Chamber 2306
Do. do. do. destroyed —
Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied 14580
Articles of bedding, etc., disinfected 15435
Articles of bedding, etc., destroyed —
No. of Cleansing Notices served in connection with infected
houses 1351
Certificates of Medical Practitioners received in lieu of
disinfection by the Council 5
Schools disinfected† (66 rooms) 19
Certificates of disinfection left with occupiers of disinfected
premises 1386
Library books disinfected (public) 206
Mattresses re-tabbed by Council 534
* Bedding not removed to the Disinfecting Chamber for disinfection in
cases of Measles and German Measles.
† Measles, 1(11 rooms); Scarlet Fever, 10(34 rooms); Chicken-pox, 2(3
rooms); Diphtheria, 4(9 rooms); not classified 2(9 rooms).