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DISTRIBUTION OF DISINFECTANTS.
1,142 packets of deodorant powder and 11,204 pint
bottles of disinfectant fluid were distributed. Bearing
in view the fact that the disinfectant fluid given out is
largely used as a deodorant, for rinsing down sinkwastes
and gullies or for washing floors, it is now given
out in a diluted form. The giving out of a disinfectant
fluid in undiluted form tends to waste, as so many persons
do not understand the need for diluting it. As
I mentioned in my Report for 1920, this lavish distribution
of disinfectants is of very little use in controlling
or preventing infectious disease. There is, however,
a most insistent demand for such disinfectants, a
demand which has been created in the past by the action
of our predecessors. The best thing to do now is to
prevent unnecessary waste and to endeavour to get
persons to rely more on cleanliness and healthy living
to prevent infectious diseases, rather than on the
imaginary virtues of chemical disinfectants.
SHELTER FOR CONTACTS, 3, ST. JAMES
ROAD
Fortunately no use had to be made of this house
during the year for the contacts of infectious disease.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS.
No applications for certificates for exemption
from Inhabited House Duty were received during the
year.
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919.
During the year advice was given to persons needing
it and a few informal notices were served on