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2. The stove attendant to be an employe of the
Sanitary Committee (and not, as formerly, of the
Wharf), and to be restricted to the infected side
of the stove (when altered).
3. Closed places for goods (infected and disinfected)
to be provided and kept under lock and key, so
as no longer-to be a source of danger to others.
4. Two new disinfecting vans to be purchased at a
cost of £53 each, and the two old disinfecting
vans to be renovated and repainted, and supplied
(like the new ones) with hoods for the protection
of the men from wind and weather when driving.
5. Not less than three permanent and one temporary
disinfecting men to be appointed—two to fetch
infected goods, and two to take back these goods
when disinfected — the drivers and horses
to be permanently attached to the Sanitary
Department.
6. Overalls (mackintosh or alpaca) to be provided for
the use of the disinfecting men and drivers who
have to come into contract with infection, either
by entering infected rooms, or carrying infected
goods.*
7. The salaries of the men engaged in disinfecting
work to be increased, owing to the nature and
extent of their duties, and the extra risk which
they run in connection therewith.
8. Temporary accommodation to be provided for the
inmates of infected houses whilst their rooms are
* Norris contracted small-pox, March 1890; Lcckyear, scarlet fever,
April, 1894; and three drivers small-pox in March, 1890, March, 1893, and
January, 1896, respectively.