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Disinfection and Disinfestation
The following is a summary of the routine work carried out by the
disinfecting staff during the year:-
Number of rooms disinfested 775
Articles of clothing, bedding, etc.
submitted to steam disinfection 649
Articles disinfected by formalin 2,449
Hospital mattresses, pillows, etc. disinfected 6,556
Number of articles destroyed by request 1,890
In addition, on 2 occasions rubbish which had been dumped on open
sites, etc., was sprayed with insecticide prior to removal.
The furniture and bedding of 120 families removing to Borough Council
flats were disinfested.
Personal Cleansing Station
During the year, 47 adults had baths for verminous conditions at the
Personal Cleansing Station, simultaneous disinfection of clothing being carried out.
In addition, 21 adults and 6 children received treatment for Scabies at
the Station. Public Health Inspectors visit and advise in all cases of Scabies and in
those cases where verminous conditions persistently recur.
During the year the mobile bathing equipment for the cleansing, by
consent, of aged persons in their own homes where the persons concerned are so
enfeebled as not to be able to attend at the Personal Cleansing Station was used on
173 occasions, as compared with 32 during 1959.
This is a complicated and difficult service but one which is most worth
while and for which the homebound and often disabled persons concerned are very
thankful.
Laundry Service for Incontinent Persons
The arrangement with Hackney Borough Council for the laundering of
articles of bed linen and personal clothing from incontinent persons continued during
the year.