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Disinfectants.
By order of your Board the disinfectants used for the
following purposes are:—
1. Chloride of Lime, containing not less than 30 per
cent, of chlorine, for disinfecting the soil and refuse
matter removed from the catch-pit gullies and sewers and
house drains.
2. Sanitas Powder and Fluid, for use in the mortuary
and post-mortem room.
3. Permanganate of Potash (crystals), in street-watering
and flushing of courts and alleys.
4. Perchloride of Mercury, for the disinfection of drains
sewers, and gully-pits. A. mixture of this is made in the
proportions of—
Perchloride of mercury 8 ounces (3,500 grains).
Methylated spirit 2 pints.
Aniline (green) half an ounce.
Water to make 50 gallons.
5. Tnson's Liquid Disinfectant, for the underground
conveniences.
6. Kuna Pine, for use in the mortuary and post-mortem
room.
7. Carbolic Acid (pale), containing not less than 95 per
cent.of available carbolic acid, for disinfecting urinals.
8. Carbolic Acid (prepared), soluble in water containing
not less than 25 per cent. of available carbolic acid. (This
is not used as a disinfectant, but only for tracing drains.)
9. Carbolic Acid Disinfecting Powder, containing not