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Cleansing of Persons.— The Guardians have dealt with the
frequenters of their casual wards, who are the persons most troubled
with vermin, at their own establishments, and the Education Committee
have erected an apparatus as an experiment at Pulteney School. The
names of children treated at this school are forwarded, so that the
homes, bedding, &c., may be examined and, if necessary, cleansed. Names
-of 21 children were received, and the home conditions were found to be
unsatisfactory in 12 instances, and steps were taken to rectify them.
Six persons were specially treated at Horseferry Eoad; 150 visits in
connection with verminous conditions were paid to the houses by the
Chief Disinfector.
Verminous Houses.—Sixteen rooms were fumigated with sulphur;
in addition 191 premises were purified by the owners for like conditions
after notice by the Council ; 2,358 articles were passed
through the disinfecting apparatus on account of their verminous
condition, and 57 were destroyed; these articles were removed from
47 houses.
New Disinfecting Station.—In the year 1904 the County Council
acquired the site of the Denzell Street and Clare Street Disinfecting
Station, Mortuary and Depot, &c., for the Holborn to Strand Improvement,
conveying to the City Council, by way of compensation, a site in
Kean Street, and paying a sum of £5,000. The Council subsequently
directed that the Kean Street site be let.
For some time past the question of finding a suitable site for a
Disinfecting Station for the Public Health Department, in lieu of the
station at Denzell Street, has been considered by the Council, and
eventually a suitable site was found on the land on the Grosvenor Canal
property, on the west side of the lock. The Council have accepted
plans prepared by Mr. John Murray, F.E.I.B.A. These show two
separate blocks of buildings, one containing the Disinfecting Station,
the other residences, offices, &c., for the staff. The sum received from
the County Council, together with the rent which will be received
for the Kean Street site, will practically meet the cost of the proposed
new building. The Station is expected to be ready for
occupation in 1910.
Mortuaries.
The number of bodies removed to the Council's mortuaries under
order of the Coroner, or to await burial, was 291; in 6 instances
death was the result of infectious disease.
Two hundred and fifty-nine inquests were held at Horseferry Eoad,
where the Coroner's Court is situated; 10 adjourned inquests were