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I also received information as to 609 cases of
Chicken Pox, mainly from the Head Teachers of
Elementary Schools in the Borough. These cases
were visited by the District Sanitary Inspectors.
A number of other children were also visited by
the Inspectors for conditions reported by the Head
Teachers, and suggestive of one of the notifiable
diseases.
DISINFECTION SERVICE.
During the year, 1,628 rooms and 20,338 articles
were disinfected for various reasons, liquid Formalin
in the form of a spray being used for the purpose of
disinfecting rooms.
One of the Belsize motor vans used for conveying
articles for disinfection being worn out, was sold and
replaced by a new Morris van.
The table appended gives full details of the
rooms, bedding and clothing disinfected.