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STONEYARD.
To ensure the efficient disinfection of clothing, &c., after
cases of infectious disease, and to prevent all chance of the
disinfected clothing coming in contact with clothing
awaiting disinfection, your Vestry decided to remove the
old steam disinfector and replace it with a new one so
arranged that the clothes before treatment were placed in
the machine at one end, and after treatment removed at the
other end. To further prevent contamination, the disinfecting
chamber was divided in two by means of a brick
wall, which also crossed the disinfecting apparatus between
the inlet and outlet doors, and the walls of the chamber
were covered with opalite by the National Glazed Brick
and Tile Syndicate, of 71, Bishopsgate Street Within.
LIGHTING.
The maintenance and painting of the ordinary street
lanterns and lamp columns, which were formerly done by
the Gas Company are now carried out for the Vestry by
contract. The contractors for the year till Christmas were
Messrs. R. and J. Shiers, of 5, King Street, Regent Street, W.
The contractors for the refuge and special street lamps and
lamp columns till Christmas were Messrs. Wm. Sugg and
Co., of Vincent Works, Regency Street, Westminster, SWSince
Christmas the whole of the work has been carried
out by Messrs. S. Pontifex and Co., of 22, Coleman Street,
E.C. "
The refuge lamps are furnished with a " midnight
arrangement," and a man is employed by your Vestry to
light, extinguish, and clean these lamps and those in the
urinals, and also to reduce the light at 12 o'clock at night.
The cost of new lamps, alterations, repairs, maintenance,
painting, &c., has been £323 3s. 5d.