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June 54 14 1
July 62 0 5
August 57 7 1
September 77 8 9
October 62 17 11
November 67 7 6
December 56 14 5
The expenditure under this head is too great, and, as I
have reported, on several occasions, might be reduced by some
hundreds of pounds per annum, were the work done without
the intervention of a contractor, as recommended by the
London County Council and by the Metropolitan Asylums
Board. The money that might thus be saved could be put to
good use in making provision for carrying out, more thoroughly,
the duties of the sanitary authority, viz., by the appointment
of additional inspectors.
disinfecting Station.—The question of the "desirability
of erecting a disinfecting station, and providing a
Shelter for persons displaced from their homes during the
progress of disinfecting work," was referred by your Vestry to
the sanitary committee, who reported thereon in July, 1896.
A sub-committee had been appointed to view stations and
shelters. One of the places visited was Islington, where, as
the sub-committee reported, " the Vestry have provided a most
complete station, comprising two Nottingham disinfectors, and
ample laundry accommodation for washing and cleansing
articles when necessary. A shelter-house to accommodate
four families has also been provided, and a small house erected
for the use of the engineer and his wife, who are in charge of
the station. The total cost of this station," it was added,
" without charge for land, amounted to about £4,500, made up
as follows:- Disinfectors, Laundry, Chimney Shaft, Paving
and Drainage, £3,500 ; Shelter and Caretaker's House £1,000 ;