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DISINFECTION.
In Finsbury there are two disinfecting stations—one at 49,
Northampton Road, Clerkenwell, and the other at Warwick
Place, Whitecross Street, St. Luke. At each station there is a
mortuary and a coroner's court.
The Warwick Place station was closed towards the end of the
year.
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 smallpox
contacts during the incubation period.
It was used in 1912 by one family from Finsbury (4 persons)
and three families from Holborn (14 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.
During the year, 1,197 separate rooms were disinfected, of
which 146 were for measles, 118 after notifications of phthisis, 68
after deaths from phthisis, 38 on account of vermin, and 8 on
request. In addition, bedding and mattresses were steam disinfected
for the following institutions:—The City of London
Lying-in Hospital, the Claremont Hall Crfeche, St. Barnabas'
Home, St. Mark's Hospital, and White Lion Street School.
Altogether 5,509 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, 3,165 articles of wearing apparel were disinfected
for city firms at a price agreed upon, prior to exportation to South
Africa.
PROTECTION OF FOOD SUPPLY.
General Considerations.—Each of the five district inspectors
is responsible in his own district for the inspection on
foods, of bakehouses, restaurants, or restaurant kitchens, of fried