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At 49, Northampton Road, provision is made for the housing
and accommodation of families during the disinfection of their
premises after infectious disease, and for the reception of small
pox contacts during the incubation period.
It was used in 1911 by four families from Finsbury (17 persons)
and one family from Holborn (3 persons).
The Holborn Metropolitan Borough is allowed to use this
shelter by an agreement made between the two boroughs, dated
October 4th, 1911, and terminable at the pleasure of either
Council.
The borough has two steam disinfectors—a Washington-Lyons
high-pressure steam apparatus and a Thresh current steam
machine.
For the disinfection of rooms, formic aldehyde gas, liberated
by an Alformant lamp burning 30 tablets per 1,000 cubic feet,
is used, or sulphur fumigation, or a spray of chloride of lime
dissolved in water and having a strength of 1-2 per cent., whichever
is considered suitable.
During the year 882 separate rooms were disinfected, of which
146 were for measles, 156 after notification of phthisis, 74 after
deaths from phthisis, 34 on account of vermin, and 9 on request.
In addition, bedding and mattresses were steam disinfected for
the following institutions :—
The City of London Lying-in Hospital, the Clarcmont Hall
Creche, St. Barnabas' House, St. Luke's Hospital, and The
Royal Ophthalmic Hospital.
Altogether 6,556 articles were disinfected in connection with
cases of infectious disease and phthisis—these were chiefly
mattresses, pillows, bolsters, sheets, blankets, quilts, cushions,
curtains, carpets, tablecloths, and clothes.
Besides these, 10,556 articles of wearing apparel were disinfected
for 3 city firms at a price agreed upon, prior to exportation
to South Africa.