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Refuge has been used during 1908—a fact that is understood,
when it is remembered that the old method of sulphur
fumigation for the disinfection of houses has given place to
the new one of formalin spray, which can be carried out
without trouble to the occupiers, taking only an hour or so
to complete. The temporary housing of occupiers is unnecessary,
at a Disinfection Station, or elsewhere.
Arthur Morris, the Superintendent of the Disinfecting
Department, resigned in September, 1908, on account of
ill-health (rheumatic gout complicated with heart disease),
after 26 years' service in the employ of the late Vestry and
the present Borough Council, and his resignation was accepted
by the Council with regret—a superannuation allowance
of £l 8s. 4d. per week being grant?d. W. I.ockver
has been temporarily appointed in his place as Superintendent.