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Notifications of Illness in Scholars.
All notices received from the Education Authorities are carefully
scrutinised, and scholars who are reported to have sere throats are
requested to attend at the Public Health Department where they are
examined by the Medical Officer of Health.
The Shelter.
The Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 60, Sub-Section 4,
imposes on the Sanitary Authority the duty of making provision for
the temporary housing of persons who are compelled to leave their
dwellings for the purpose of enabling such dwellings to be disinfected
by the Sanitary Authority.
The accommodation provided consists of a detached building containing
two separate and distinct tenements, each consisting of two
bedrooms, kitchen, larder, bathroom, and w.c. The shelter was not
used during the year.
Disinfection.
The disinfection of infected clothing and bedding has been carried
out at the Disinfecting Station,Watson Street, by means of two machines
of the Washington-Lyons pattern with independent boilers.
The number of rooms disinfected by the Council's staff during the
year was 1,552.
Disinfecting fluid is supplied gratis where required in cases of
infectious disease.
When necessary, the walls of the disinfected portion of the house
have been stripped and the ceilings cleansed.