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necessary to burn 33 articles, which were replaced by the Council.
More details appeared in the Annual Report for 1912, which is interesting
because of the type of diseases for which disinfection was then considered
advisable. The details are as follows:—

In addition to the above, 39 verminous rooms were fumigated with
sulphur.
In 1930 the Disinfecting Station which was housed at the Council's
Depot in Molesworth Street was considered to be quite inadequate for
the needs of the Borough. When the Station was erected some 37 years
before, the population of the Borough was 89,000 and had grown to over
200,000 by 1930. It was stated that in the event of an extensive outbreak
of infectious disease great difficulty would be experienced in carrying
out the work.
No provision had hitherto been made in the Borough for the
cleansing of dirty and verminous persons and their clothing, these having
been passed on to and dealt with at Cleansing Stations belonging to
adjoining Boroughs, as also had school children found to need cleansing.
Owing to the limited facilities available the School authorities had found
it impossible to deal with the number of children needing attention.
In view of these facts the Council decided to erect the present
Disinfecting and Cleansing Station at Wearside Road. These premises
have since been modified from time to time.
The latest report on the work carried out at the Disinfecting and
Cleansing Station is to be found on page 14 of this report.
Campaign against flies and mosquitoes
The Public Health Committee during the winter of 1947/1948
made arrangements for a campaign during the summer months against
flies and mosquitoes. This has continued each summer since then and
lasts from the beginning of May until the end of September. The
Borough is toured area by area and any potentially infested sites are