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to the messenger who brings the document to the Town Hall. The
effect of the adoption of this plan was that instead of the notification of
cases of small pox reaching us in the course of post, the Sanitary staff
were made acquainted with the nature of the case within half-an-hour
of the doctor's visit, with the result that frequently the patient
was removed, and disinfection well in hand, hours before information
could have reached us through the post.
Enquiries were made of Messrs. Manlove, Alliot and Fryer, as to
the addition of the vacuum apparatus and recording steam gauge to
the present disinfector, but as it was found that these could not be
fitted without suspending the use of the machine for at least a week,
action in this direction was postponed. As a matter of fact, the
capacity of the disinfecting apparatus has been strained to the utmost
on several occasions, and for some weeks steam was kept up almost
continuously day and and night, fortunately without any serious
mishap, though a burst tube or a leaky valve would have had most
disastrous results.
I may here mention that the Council has recently sanctioned the
provision of a new disinfecting station, with a second set of apparatus,
at an estimated cost of
With reference to Dr. Fletcher's suggestion that the employes
of the Council who were likely to come in contact with small pox
cases in the course of their duties, should be ordered to be revaccinated,
the Public Health Committee resolved accordingly, and
an attempt was made in this direction ; it was, however, soon evident
that if persisted in, we should be left without a disinfecting staff, and.
the resolution was modified.