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the game manner and proportion. Strenuous, and at times almost
superhumam, efforts have to be made in order to overtake the demand.
Upon these considerations alone it would in my opinion be
most judicious on the part of the Yestry to maintain the position
they have so creditably taken, and determine never to be without a
place of refuge for the isolation and treatment of parishioners who
may in the future be attacked by small pox or other infectious and
contagious diseases.
The usual disinfection was, during the epidemic, most thoroughly
carried out in every case of small pox which came to the knowledge
of your Sanitary Department, no less than 1,082 rooms and passages
having been disinfected.
The following particulars relate to infected beds and bedding
destroyed, and the cost of their replacement. Also to the eost of
the purification and re-covering of other infected beds and bedding
during the small pox epidemic of 1881.
Summary of infected Beds and Bedding destroyed
and replaced with new, during the
year 1881, at a cost to the Yestry of £130 14 0
97 Beds 319 brought forward
56 Mattresses 6 Blankets
3 Palliasses 13 Sheets
47 Bolsters 15 Rugs
113 Pillows 4 Articles of
3 Pillow-covers Clothing
319 carried forward 357 Total
Summary of articles disinfected and returned
to poor owners, during the year 1881, at a
cost to the Vestry of 44 4 5
Disinfected. Disinfected and
30 Beds Re-covered.
28 Bolsters 24 Beds
61 Pillows 15 Bolsters
8 Mattresses 36 Pillows
57 Other articles of
ding and Clothing
184 Total 75 Total
Total 259.
Total cost of 616 articles replaced or disinfected &c.,
during the year 1881 £174 18 5