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Number of rooms disinfected .. .. .. .. 2,955
Number of houses disinfected prior to families removing to
new estates 287
Number of houses disinfected before demolition 76
Number of mattresses and other articles destroyed 2,644
Furniture, Floorcloth, etc. destroyed 85 Loads

SHELTER.
Four flats are provided in The Neckinger for the temporary
housing of families or persons while their premises are being
disinfected. The number of families accommodated during the
year was 75, 1 for Scarlet Fever, 4 for Scabies and 70 for verminous
condition's the total number of persons accommodated being 362.
BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
The work of the laboratory consists very largely in the examination
of sputa for Tuberculosis and of throat swabs for K.L.B.
We are called upon occasionally to do other pathological examinations
tions such as blood counts, Widal or Wassermann tests and to
examine urines, but general practitioners do not make as much
use as they might of the facilities provided. Sterile outfits for
throat swabs and sputum pots for the examination of sputa are
supplied free on application to the Medical Officer of Health. All
Diphtheria contacts of school age are excluded from school until
the swab is negative. A positive result necessitates a further
examination, treatment being provided in the meantime by the