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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
1,807 lots of bedding were stoved at the Disinfecting Station,
comprising the following articles: 951 beds, 1,112 bolsters, 2,940
pillows, 2,070 mattresses, 65 palliasses, 3,444 sheets, 1,964 quilts,
508 cushions, 8,621 articles of clothing, 3,292 blankets, 41 carpets,
and 4,292 extra articles, a total of 29,300 articles.
Disinfection was also carried out by the Sanitary Staff at
premises after non-notifiable diseases, and the sum of £28 11s. 6d.
was received for such disinfection.
353 rooms were disinfected with sulphur in consequence of
their verminous condition and 19 lots of verminous bedding disinfected.
During the year, at the request of the Military Authorities,
9,495 articles of clothing and bedding were disinfected and eight
rooms sprayed on account of having been exposed to infection,
and 943 articles in consequence of their verminous condition.
The approximate cost of working and maintaining the Disinfecting
Station during the past year, including the cost of
disinfectants used in fumigating and cleansing rooms, was
£1,886 is. 6d.
The number of lots of bedding stoved was 1,807.
Cost per lot of bedding .. .. .. £1 os. iod.
Carrier Cases.
Very few carrier cases came to the knowledge of the Department
during the year under review, but the usual procedure in the case
of Diphtheria was to keep the children at home and periodical swabs
were taken until two successive negative results were obtained.
Dysentery Carriers.
Information was received from the Ministry of Health of
10 cases of chronic carriers of entomseba histolytica. In each
case inquiries were made as to whether the patients were engaged
in work involving the preparation or handling of food, but in none
was this found to be the case. The cases are periodically visited
to ascertain their condition.
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