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The rooms disinfected numbered 1996; in addition, 8778 articles
were steamed at the disinfecting station by the Vestry's steam
apparatus; the walls of 692 rooms stripped and cleansed and 191
infected articles were destroyed on request of the owners. Disinfectants
were supplied to the amount of 1190 four-ounce bottles
of carbolic acid and 15144 one-pound bags of carbolic acid powder
and sanitas powder.
Other details of the work of the department are given in the
table at the end of this report.
Accommodation for persons during the disinfection of their
houses was paid for in three instances only.
Articles Seized Unfit for Food.—The following were seized
during the year, namely: 5¼ cwts. of fish; 16½ cwts. of fruit and
vegetables and 11¼ cwts. of meat.
Cowsheds and Slaughterhouses.—These were visited by the
Public Health Committee during the year and with a few exceptions
were found to be in a satisfactory condition.
The number of cow-sheds in the districts is diminishing every
year in spite of the increase of population. In the year 1890 there
were 70 sheds ; last year there were only 44 sheds.
Bakehouses.—There are 124 bakehouses in the district, all of
which were visited by the Public Health Committee during the year.
Exception was taken to the condition of 34. The following is a list
of what was required to put these in a satisfactory condition.
Lime whiting 25 Store for flour 1
Paving yard 1 Removal of W.C. from flour store-
Cleansing yard 1 room 1
„ floor 1 Removal of dung accumulation 1
„ flour store 1 Other nuisance 1
Cover to water cistern 1
The remainder were found to be in a very satisfactory state.
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