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The fumigation of sick-rooms has been mainly
effected during the year with sulphur di-oxide gas,
evolved from the combustion of cake sulphur, the
alformant lamp (formaldehyde vapour) and the equifex
spray (11 to 2 per cent. solution of formaldehyde)
having been used in certain instances, generally when
it has been necessary to get the work done quickly.
During the twelve months, £102 have been expended
on disinfectants—viz., £54 for sulphur, £6 6s.
for formaldehyde, and £42 for soap, powder, &c., for
free distribution.
There is an increasing need of a reception-house
for the bodies of persons dying in small tenements,
both from infectious or other maladies. A scheme
for new mortuary, &c., is before the Vestry, which
includes a mortuary chapel—separate and distinct
from the buildings set apart for inquest purposes.
Houses let in Lodgings.—The registration of these
houses in pursuance of Section 94 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, was commenced at about
the middle of 1897, when an additional (temporary)
Inspector was appointed. The work was carried on
practically without interruption up to the middle of
February, 1898, when the Inspector (Mr. Geo. White)
resigned to take an appointment at Hackney. The
vacancy thus created had not been filled up at the
end of the year.