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Disinfection was carried out after all cases of the notifiable diseases,
except as regards erysipelas (in which disinfection was performed in
36 instances, when the circumstances of the case required it), and also
after 39 cases of measles, 4 chicken-pox, 8 cancer, 2 influenza, 1 mumps,
and 64 phthisis. 363 books were disinfected. Books belonging to the
public libraries are, as a rule, treated by the librarians, a copy of each
certificate of infectious disease being sent to the Chief Librarian.
Shelters.—One person, a nurse, was admitted to the temporary
shelter at Horseferry Eoad, while her clothing was being disinfected,
after attendance on a case of puerperal fever.

Cleansing of Persons.— Under the provisions of this Act three
persons received a free bath and had their verminous clothing disinfected.
Since the closing of the Denzell Street premises there has been
no proper accommodation for this work, but provision is to be made at
the new central station. The Guardians have dealt with freq uenters of
their Casual Wards at their own establishments, thus at Bear Yard
about ten cases are dealt with daily.
Verminous Houses.—Forty-two rooms in twenty-nine houses were
fumigated with burning sulphur by the staff, and 205 articles were
passed through the disinfecting apparatus; 28 articles were dealt with
as being in such a condition as likely to cause disease.
Mortuaries.
The number of bodies removed to the Council's mortuaries under
order of the Coroner, or to await burial, was 345; in eight instances
death was the result of infectious disease.
Inquests were held in 283 instances at Horseferry Road, where the
Coroner's Court is situated; seven adjourned inquests were held. Postmortem
examinations were made in 189 instances.