View report page

DISINFECTION.
The disinfecting and cleansing stations are situated at the
Peckham Park Road Depot. Two steam disinfectors are installed
in the disinfecting station. Bedding, clothing, etc., are
disinfected by exposure to steam, under a pressure varying
between 10 and 12 lbs., for twenty minutes. Vapour is used for
the disinfection of leather, furs and other articles which cannot be
exposed to high temperatures. Rooms which have been exposed
to infection are disinfected by a spraying apparatus with formalir
at 3 per cent. Verminous rooms are disinfected by spraying with
eucryl at a strength of one in 50.
Disinfection of Library Boohs. —Books which are found in a
house where there has been a case of infectious disease are collected,
disinfected by formalin vapour and returned to their
respective owners.
The work done by the Disinfecting and Cleansing Station
Staffs during the past year is set out in the tables which appear
on pages 72 and 73.
The Cleansing Station consists of a reception room, bath
room, with two baths, and a treatment room, and is used for
dealing with verminous conditions in children and adults. The
London County Council has an arrangement with this Authority
for the cleansing of school children affected with vermin and
scabies. The homes of the children cleansed are visited and the
bedding and rooms are disinfected where necessary.