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Miss Portlock also discovered 5 new workshops and handed
in their addresses for registration. During her visits of inspection
Miss Portlock found 365 outworkers' premises with sanitary
defects. For the abatement of these she served 308 intimation
notices. Of the 1,376 outworkers' premises inspected, in only 55
was a room set apart entirely for work.
COMBINED DRAINAGE WORKS REFERRED TO THE
BOROUGH ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR DURING 1918.
During this year 1 notice of defective system of combined
drainage works was referred for consideration to the Surveyor.
DISINFECTION.
(a) Rooms.—During 1918 2,002 rooms were fumigated, and
106 rooms were cleansed 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, etc.—The number of articl
under this head disinfected during last year was as follows:—
House linen and furniture 9,455
Men's clothing 98
Women's clothing 113
Children's clothing 46
Other articles 1,779
Total 11,491
(c) Public Library Books.—During the past year 167 books
from homes in which infectious diseases had occurred were disinfected.