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[1913
DISINFECTION.
This work grows in importance year by year, for not only are rooms, in
which the notifiable infectious diseases have occurred, as well as the infected
bedding disinfected, but recently it has become necessary to disinfect
the rooms in which patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis have lived;
while in addition the largely increased number of rooms in a verminous state
w hich have come under notice have had to be dealt with.
Disinfection of Rooms.—2,84-5 rooms were disinfected, as contrasted
with 2,377 in 1912. For this purpose formaldehyde, either in a gaseous form
or in solution, is usually employed, although it is sometimes augmented by
sulphur dioxide, when it is necessary to kill vermin, for which purpose it has
been found most effective.
The Cleansing and Spraying of Rooms.-As many as 1,439 rooms,
as contrasted with 1,272 in 1912, were cleansed and sprayed.
1912 1913.
1st Quarter 363 355
2nd „ 306 302
3rd „ 267 241
4th „ 336 541
Disinfection of Schools and Institutions. —Class-rooms in 13 of the
public elementary schools were disinfected as shown in the list given below;
while the dormitories were disinfected in the Receiving Homes, Hornsey Rise.
The following statement shows the Class-rooms, etc., disinfected: —
1st Quarter. St. James', George's Road L.C.C. Schools (Diphtheria).
St. John's Schools, Pemberton Gardens (Measles).
2nd Quarter. Ecclesboume Road L.C.C. Schools (Whooping Cough).
Upper Hornsey Road L.C.C. Schools (Diphtheria).
3rd Quarter. Queen's Head Street L.C.C. Schools (Scarlet Fever).
Barnsbury Park L.C.C. Schools (Scarlet Fever).
4th Quarter. Grafton Road L.C.C. Schools (Scarlet Fever).
Hanover Street L.C.C. Schools (Scarlet Fever).
Duncombe Road L.C.C. Schools (Scarlet Fever).
Queen's Head Street L.C.C. Schools (Scarlet Fever).
Montem Street L.C.C. Schools (Scarlet Fever).
Highbury High Schools (Scarlet Fever).
St . Jude's Schools (Scarlet Fever).
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