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Disinfection.
The Public Health Station is equipped with a Washington-Lyons
disinfecting apparatus, and is staffed by three men, one of whom, the
Senior Disinfector, is the Resident Caretaker of the Station. Two
Motor Vans are employed in the collection of infected or infested
material and its subsequent return.
The following is a record of the work carried out by the Disinfecting
Staff during 1938:—
Number of houses or parts of houses and contents
disinfected 2035
„ verminous rooms disinfested 140
„ „ articles of clothing disinfested
*177
„ „ beds disinfested 123
„ persons accommodated at Shelter —
* Excluding the clothing of persons dealt with at the Bathing Station.
Cleansing and Disinfection of Verminous Persons and their
Belongings.
The following cleansings and medicinal baths were carried out at
the Bathing Station, which forms part of the Public Health Station,
during the year:—
Verminous conditions.
Adults 2
Children 342
Scabies.
Adults 91
Children 268
Whilst the cleansings and baths are in progress, the persons'
clothing is thoroughly disinfected by being passed through the
disinfecting apparatus.
Under an arrangement with the London County Council the
Bathing Station is used by that Council for the cleansing of school
children on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and on Fridays.
During the year, 177 verminous rooms in 120 houses and 49 sets
of beds and bedding were cleansed and freed from vermin.