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COMBINED DRAINAGE WORKS REFERRED TO THE
BOROUGH ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR DURING 1915.
During this year 28 notices of defective systems of combined
drainage works were referred for consideration to the Surveyor.
DISINFECTION.
(a) Rooms.—During 1915 there were 2,247 rooms fumigated
and 734 rooms cleansed in the Borough by the staff of the Public
Health Department. These totals include disinfections after
measles, whooping cough and tuberculosis, in addition to those in
connection with notifiable infectious diseases.
(b) Articles of Clothing, Furniture, &c.—The number of articles
under this head disinfected during last year was as follows:—
House, linen and furniture 20,648
Men's clothing 929
Women's clothing 1,149
Children's clothing 292
Other articles 2,880
Total 25,898
There were also 144 articles destroyed on request from the
owners.
(c) Public Library Books.—During the past year 410 books
from homes in which infectious diseases had occurred were disinfected.
Of this number 388 had been borrowed from the Hackney
Borough Public Library and 22 from other libraries.
THE SHELTER.
During 1915 there were 22 persons admitted to the shelter
whilst their houses were being disinfected. This total consisted of
2 men, 9 women and 11 children. This is a decrease of 2 persons
on the number admitted during 1914. The cost of maintenance
of the 22 persons thus admitted was £9 13s. 3d.
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