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cations had to be made to the Board, the only notice taken was of
those applications which were made personally or by letter; and the
Board advised that at such times a messenger be employed almost
solely for that purpose.
The total amount of fees payable by the Vestry to various medical
practitioners for notification certificates during the year was
£123 7s. 0d.
Six wraps were provided for the removal of infected bedding,
&c., also four suits of clothing at 15s. per suit for the use of the
men engaged in such removal.
In a case of small-pox which occurred in Beresford Street in
October 1895 the bedding had to be destroyed, and the Vestry
replaced it at a cost of £l 9s. 9d.; and in January 1896 the sum of
20s. was paid to Miss Hamer, 76, Elsted Street, as compensation
for a quantity of milk destroyed by order of the Sanitary Officers in
consequence of a case of small-pox on those premises.
In November 1895 bills were printed giving directions for the
prevention of the spread of infectious diseases, aud distributed
among householders of the parish : and in the same month Messrs.
Dawes, Hibble and Cole were appointed delegates to attend a
conference convened by the Marylebone Vestry to consider the subject
of the inability of the Asylums Board to provide sufficient hospital
accommodation for the infectious sick, with instructions to support
the election of members of the Board directly by the ratepayers.
New Diiinfector, Incinerator and Van Shed.—For the accommodation
of the two vans specially used for the removal of infected clothing and
bedding to and from the Depot for disinfection, the Vestry on the
1st May 1895 accepted a plan prepared by Mr. Rowland Plumbe
for the erection of two new sheds adjoining the disinfector building,
under the old dust shed at the Depot. This work was carried out
by Mr. J. Marsland under the schedule of prices attached to his
original contract, the actual cost being £175 16s.
The Public Health Committee appointed Thomas Garner
(recommended by Messrs. Maxlove, Alliott & Co.) on the 15th
July 1895, to take charge of the machinery and work the apparatus
at a salary of 35s. per week; working hours 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.