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57
DISINFECTANTS.
No less than 59,408 gallons of disinfectants
were manufactured under my direction at Golden
Lane, 58,378 of which were distributed for
various purposes throughout the City, 1,030
gallons remaining in stock at the end of the year.
The amount paid for the materials employed in
making the above was £201 to 31st December.
This sum represents an actual saving of 94.4
per cent. on the amount paid to Contractors in
1893 (£1,800), under the old system of purchase
of manufactured proprietory preparations.
The system, now followed, moreover, possesses
an additional advantage, which is of more importance
to the public health than economy, namely,
saving of time.
For the last few years the outlay has included
materials purchased for the use of the Cleansing
Department in Underground Conveniences, of
which considerable quantities are required all
the year round, and but for which, the outlay
for chemicals employed in the manufacture of