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Disinfecting and Cleansing Stations.
These buildings are situated at Peckham Park Road Depot.
Disinfection.
The bedding, clothing, etc., of cases of infectious diseases are
disinfected by means of a Manlove Alliott super-heated steam and
an Equifex saturated steam machines. No charge is made for these
services. Books, furs and other articles which would be injured
by steam are disinfected by formaldehyde generated in a formalin
chamber. Infectious rooms are sprayed with formalin.
The following is a summary of the work carried out by the
disinfecting staff during 1936: —
Number of houses visited following infectious disease
1,538
Number of visits to these premises
2,510
Number of houses visited following other diseases
278
Number of visits to these premises
431
Number of houses visited for miscellaneous purposes
599
Number of visits to these premises
1,743
Number of rooms disinfected. Infectious disease
2,227
Number of houses visited. Verminous
1,153
Number of rooms disinfected. Verminous
1,542
Number of articles disinfected (steam disinfected)
62,044
Number of articles disinfected (formalin)
2,036
Number of books disinfected
1,251
Number of articles destroyed
1,270
Weight of furniture, etc., destroyed
3 tons 16 cwt.
Weight of unsound foods destroyed (see Food Inspector's report)
5 tons 9 cwts. 2 qrs. 23½ lbs.
Weight of dead animals destroyed
3¾ cwt.