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GENERAL PRECAUTIONS.
The general precautions taken to prevent the spread of
Small·Pox were as follows :—
(a) Circulars were distributed in the district calling
attention of the public to the necessity of
vaccination or re–vaccination.
(b) The names and addresses of Public Vaccinators
appointed for each district were appended.
(c) A special circular letter was sent to all tradesmen
advising the vaccination or re·vaccination of their
staff.
(d) Personal visits were made to large drapery establishments
and arrangements made for the visit of
the Public Vaccinator.
(e) The whole staff of the Health Department was
available at any hour, including Sundays, which
arrangement permitted the immediate removal of
cases and the subsequent disinfection of infected
premises.
(f) The ceilings, walls, floors, skirtings and furniture
of all infected premises were sprayed with a
solution of Formalin (1 in 80) by the aid of
specially constructed force pumps. The walls
were subsequently stripped.
(g) All articles of clothing, bedding and all textile fabrics
such as curtains, carpets, etc., likely to retain
infection were removed to the Council's central
disinfection station, and submitted to the action of
superheated steam in the disinfecting machine.
(h) Immediate notification of the case was sent to the
Public Vaccinator,