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present year had passed, and July had commenced, that there were
any real signs of a permanent decline in the epidemic—its greatest
general force having been felt during the months of February and
March.
The speedy removal of cases to the Hospital has been urged
and assisted by your Officers of the Sanitary Department. It will
be satisfactory to you to know that no less than 494 out of the
1,000 cases were removed, and the good that has resulted from this
course is incalculable. It is not too much to say that where single
cases only have occurred in one house, it can be invariably traced
to the instant removal of that one case Moreover, re-vaccination
was the very point most strenuously urged upon every occasion by
your officers.
In every instance, the thorough disinfection of the room or
rooms where the disease has occurred, and which, with your
approval, is usual in Islington, has been in every case strictly
carried out, either by the owners, or by the Vestry at the expense
of the owners. The complete disinfection of no less than upwards
of 1,300 rooms or passages has been effected during the outbreak,
the walls being stripped in every instance.
When the owners have neglected to comply with the notices
issued, efficient workmen have been employed on behalf of the
Vestry to do the works ordered. The sum of £67 12s. 6d.
expended in this manner has been entirely recovered. In addition,
the further sum of £6 13s. 7d., disbursed for the disinfection of
linen from an infected laundry, has been repaid the Vestry by the
owners of the property.
In obedience to the directions of the Committee, a considerable
quantity of infected beds and bedding has been destroyed, and
replaced with new, at a cost to the Vestry of £213 11s. 10d. Certain
other beds and articles have also been disinfected and restored to
their poor owners at a cost of £49 3s. 1d. In addition, therefore,
to the cost of disinfectants, which have been very largely used,
the unrecoverable outlay to the Vestry coincident on this outbreak,
has been £262 14s. 11 d.