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The following summaries relate to these matters—
Summary of infected Beds and Bedding destroyed
and replaced with new at a cost to the Vestry of £213 11 10
137 Beds 464 Brought forward
93 Mattrasses 20 Blankets
55 Bolsters 26 Sheets
152 Pillows 28 Rugs
27 Ditto Covers 41 Articles of Clothing, &c.
464 Carried forward 579 Total.
Summary of Articles disinfected and returned to
owners, at a cost to the Vestry of 49 3 1
Disinfected. Disinfected and Re-covered.
38 Beds 31 Beds
18 Bolsters 15 Bolsters
65 Pillows 37 Pillows
9 Mattrasses 1 Mattrass
14 Other Articles
144 Total 84 Total
Total 228
Total cost of 807 Articles replaced or disinfected, &c. £262 14 11
Whilst we remember the pecuniary cost to the Vestry of this
terrible scourge, it should be remembered that the cost to the
owners of property cannot have been less than £500 or £600,
while the loss to the afflicted I will not attempt to estimate.
Having now drawn your attention to these dry facts of detail,
I have a little, but not very much, to add on some few questions
that are naturally suggested by their consideration.
1. As to the commencement of the Outbreak.
It will be within the memory of the Committee that on the
first appearance of the disease, an outcry was raised that if only the
Local Sanitary Authority and their officers had done their duty the
epidemic would either have never occurred, or, at any rate, would have
been stamped out as soon as it appeared. I confess I regard such
reports and opinions about as unscientifically unsound, as they are