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A quantity of meat (anthrax) and five van-loads of verminous
furniture were destroyed.
Disinfection of bedding and clothing is carried out by means of two
Washington-Lyons machines; books, etc., in a formalin chamber, while
rooms are sprayed with formalin or fumigated with sulphur.
Shelter for Contacts. The Council has made provision for the
temporary accommodation of contacts of infectious disease who may
be required to leave their dwellings during the process of disinfection.
The shelter was not used for this purpose during the year.
Disinfestation.
Verminous conditions, whether in the home, of wearing apparel or
personal in character, come within the purview of the Council's activities.
So far as the structure of the house is affected, the procedure
followed is in accordance with the provisions of the Public Health
(London) Act, viz., cleansing by the owner, disinfection by the officers
of the Borough Council, supplemented by the loan to the occupiers of
a hand-spraying machine for the periodical application of an insecticide
fluid. Clothing and bedding are disinfected by steam. For personal
disinfestation, the Borough Council maintains a Bathing Centre and
provides the services of a Cleansing Attendant. This station, by
arrangement with the London County Council, is primarily used for
school children, but is available for adults at other hours. During the
year, 36 adults and 1,541 children were cleansed. In addition, 1,039
treatments were given to children and 45 to adults suffering from
scabies.