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compensation for the shirts stated to have been damaged during
disinfection.
Proceedings were instituted against the Council at the Thames
Police Court, and after two hearings the Magistrate dismissed the
summons in respect of the claim of damage to the articles disinfected.
The Magistrate held that no unnecessary damage had been done.
A letter was received from the Medical Officer of the London
County Council asking whether opportunity would be given to the
keepers of Common Lodging Houses to free the bedding of their
houses from vermin by passing it through the disinfecting oven of
the Sanitary Authority.
The Committee were informed that a similar request was made in
June, 1897, and the reply from the then Committee was that such
opportunities should be afforded to keepers of Common Lodging
Houses, providing that no interference occurred in the ordinary
disinfecting work of the district. The Committee agreed that the
same facilities be given as before.
A new boiler for the work of disinfection was fixed in the
disinfecting house. It was fortunately ordered only just in time as
the Dust Destructor had to be shut down for repairs.
The question of affording more room for the work at the
Disinfecting Station was considered by the Committee with the
view of the possibility of an extension of the present plant being
necessary at any time. The Surveyor submitted a plan and carried
out the alterations and additions affording the necessary accommodation
for an additional Disinfector should it be required.
The Simplex Appliance Syndicate provided and fixed their Patent
Smoke Preventing appliance to the boiler at the Disinfecting Station.
61,365 bottles of disinfectant and 99,250 bags of disinfectant
were made up at the Hale Street Yard and distributed to the public
from the various depots of the Council.