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CLEANSING OF VERMINOUS PERSONS.
The arrangement entered into between the
Corporation and the City of London Guardians to
carry out such disinfection as may be necessary under
the Cleansing of Verminous Persons Act, 1897, at a
charge of 10s. 6d. each case was terminated by the
Guardians in consequence of altered circumstances at
the Board's Institution at Thavies' Inn.
This disinfection is now carried out at the
Corporation's Disinfecting Station in Golden Lane.
GENERAL SANITARY WORK.
Disinfections.—A considerable amount of disinfection
work has been necessary during the War in
connection with War Institutions. The following
summary indicates the number of articles disinfected
in each year, and will give some idea of the amount
of work carried out under this heading:—1914, 244
articles; 1915, 1,336; 1916, 2,677; 1917, 9,294; and
1918, 7,069; it represents a total for the five years of
20,620 articles disinfected.
Various billets have also been subjected to periodical
disinfection, as well as certain enemy clothing on
behalf of the Board of Trade.
170,670 articles were disinfected for City firms
engaged in second-hand export trade to South Africa.