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DISINFECTION.
The following table shows the amount of disinfection
carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding
and articles of clothing, &c., being removed to the
Council's Disinfecting Station, for the purposes of disinfection.
Beds 397
Mattresses 897
Pillows 1,854
Bolsters 657
Blankets 2,905
Sheets 967
Quilts 823
Articles of Clothing 3,214
Sundries 123
Total 11,737
Rooms 792
Vaccination.—The Minister of Health, in exercise of
his powers under the Vaccination Acts, 1867 to 1898, and
the Vaccination Act, 1907, issued an Order dated
3rd January, 1980, to be cited as the Vaccination Order,
1980, which came into operation on the 1st day of April,
1980.
The duties under the Vaccination Acts and the Vaccination
Order were transferred to the Borough Council on the
1st April, 1930, and were undertaken by the Public Health
Department.
The Return for 1980 shows that 1,085 Infants were
vaccinated, this being 58.28 per cent, of the Births, and
compares favourably with 5617 per cent, in 1929.
At the close of 1931, 1,809 cases had been dealt with,
leaving 445 cases outstanding in the Vaccination Register
for that year.
During January and February, the Public Vaccinators
were called upon to offer vaccination to smallpox contacts.
Four hundred and thirty-one certificates of successful
vaccination were received. Two hundred and twenty-three
related to persons over 14 years of age, and 208 to children
between three and fourteen years of age.