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DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION
The work of the disinfecting staff tends to become more
varied each year, and more time is spent on miscellaneous Jobs
not connected with routine disinfection. Last year 14 wasp
nests were destroyed; 14 filthy and verminous rooms were
cleared after the death or removal of the occupant; in 16 instances
bedding, carpets, etc., were removed for drying after burst
water pipes; and 156 parcels of clothes were disinfected prior
to despatch abroad. One entire hospital training school was
disinfected on two occasions after outbreaks of disease, on each
occasion the school was closed and the disinfection was spread
over several days.
The number of rooms disinfested after vermin was low,
being l80 as compared with 317 the previous year. The rooms
disinfected after infectious disease dropped to 215 from 280 in
1955-
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
107 examinations were undertaken as follows
88 carried out for new entrants to the
Superannuation Scheme. Of these, 8 were
classed as unfit.
16 were made of persons on whom a special report
was required in connection with absence through
sickness.
3 were carried out on behalf of other authorities.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT. 1948. SECTION 50
10 funerals were carried out under this Act at a
total cost of £107.1s.9d. An amount of £83.9s.3d. was recovered
from the estates of the deceased or from relatives. In seven
Instances the full amount of the funeral expenses was recovered
and in two cases the expenses were written off as irrecoverable.
One case was still outstanding at the end of the year.
In September the undertakers asked for the contract
charges for the burial of adults, and for removal of bodies, to
be increased. The total cost of an adult funeral is now £10.l2s.6d.
The fee for removal of an adult body is now £1.10s.9d. and for a
child £1.0s.0d.