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During the same period, 1,131 rooms and the following
articles were disinfected after cases of infectious disease, namely:
788 beds, 1,647 pillows, 205 bolsters, 131 palliasses, 266 mattresses,
705 sheets, 966 blankets, and 3,047 odd articles, making 7,755
articles in all. It was found necessary during the same period to
destroy 12 beds, 25 palliasses, 5 pillows, 8 mattresses, 2 bolsters,
7 cushions, 1 blanket, 1 carpet, and 19 odd articles, making
together 80 articles, which had become infected. During the
same period a cab, which had carried a person suffering from an
infectious disease, was disinfected; and ten class rooms and a
corridor at one of the Board Schools in the district were similarly
treated, in consequence of their having been an epidemic of
measles amongst some of the children attending that School.
During the year the premises in East Street, Greenwich,
acquired by the Board for the purpose of providing shelter and
accommodation for the temporary use of such inhabitants of the
district as might be compelled to leave their dwellings for the
purpose of enabling such dwellings to be disinfected by the Sanitary
Authority, were not once so used. These premises were
during that period repaired, repainted and redecorated.
During the year the Board registered eight houses in the
Parish of Greenwich as Lodging Houses, under the Bye-laws
made by the Board, under the provisions of section 94 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, with respect to houses let in
lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family.
During the year two Underground Public Sanitary Conveniences
and Lavatories, which had been constructed for the use
of both sexes, namely, one at the northern end of South Street,
Greenwich, and one at New Cross Gate, Deptford, were opened;