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4. The machine is specially designed so as to avoid
scorching of the articles disinfected, which are,
however, rapidly and efficiently dried;
5. A temperature of 240° F. is readily and quickly
obtained, not only at the circumference, but
also in the centre, of the articles disinfected;
6. The machine, having no jacket, is simpler in
construction, requires slightly less fuel, and
there is, in consequence, less wear and tear,
not only of the machine itself, but also of the
articles disinfected, with less tendency to
scorching, though the drying is rapid and
thorough;
7. The initial cost is slightly less.
All these advantages have been since proved practically
in the case of the machine erected at the Wanless Road
Disinfecting Station.
The cost of the Equifex machine (complete with
recording guage, boiler, etc.) was £342, and the total cost
of the disinfecting buildings in Wanless Road, up to time
of this Report, as follows:—
Main Building
Surrounding wall (10ft. high) }£ s. d.
723 9 11
Extra storage places for coal,
goods, etc 73 0 0
Macadam roadway to chamber from
street (including sewer, drain,
gullies and gateway, together
with concreting of yard and
paving with asphalte) 236 17 3*
Asphalting walls, &c 4 17 5
The new Station is complete in every particular, and is
approached from the Wanless Road through the garden of
Arlington Lodge—the house itself having been handed
over to the Sanitary Committee by the Vestry [vide
£ s. d.
* Constructing sewer 43 19 4
Forming gateway 17 17 1
Concreting yard, forming roadway, and laying in
6-in. drain and fixing gullies 136 9 1
Asphalting yard 38 11 9
Total £236 17 3