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public become better acquainted with the provisions of the Act.
I append a statement of the monthly cost of this work in 1896,
amounting, as before stated, to £1,361 5s. 5d., irrespective of
the salaries of the disinfectors, as compared with £950 9s. 1d. in
1895, and £381 in 1891:— £ s. d.
January 127 10 8
February 117 2 6
March 96 19 3
April 89 9 2
May 82 15 6
June113 18 11
July 119 4 5
August 129 13 11
September 102 0 2
October 126 6 10
November 130 7 7
December 125 16 6
The expenditure under this head is too great, and, as I
have reported on several occasions, might be reduced by some
hundreds of pounds per annum were your Vestry to undertake
the work without the intervention of a contractor, as recommended
by the London Count}* Council and by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board.
The question "as to the desirability of the Vestry erecting
a disinfecting station, and also providing shelters for persons
displaced from their homes during the progress of disinfecting
work," was referred for consideration to the Sanitary Committer
who reported thereon in July. A Sub-Committee had been
appointed to view stations and shelters. One of the places
visited was Islington, where, as the Sub-Committee reported,
"the Vestry have provided a most complete station, comprising
two Nottingham disinfectors and ample laundry accommodation
for washing and cleansing articles when necessary. A shelterhouse
to accommodate four families is also provided, and a small
house has been erected for the use of the engineer and his wife,
who are in charge of the station, The total cost of this station,"