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All the salaries of the men engaged have been increased, owing
to the nature and extent of their duties and the extra risk which
they run in connection therewith, but no overtime is allowed,
the men devoting their whole time to their duties.
All the men are now attached permanently to the Sanitary Department,
as also the horses and vans.
A new disinfecting machine (Equifex) on the latest modern and
most efficient principles was purchased by the Vestry on February
18th, 1897, and is placed in a special building (two separate
rooms) erected for the purpose by the Vestry and situated centrally
in the Parish at the bottom of the garden of Arlington
Lodge—a house purchased by the Vestry in 1896, and handed
over to the Sanitary Department in 1897, and since converted
into a residence for the senior disinfecting officer of the Disinfecting
Department, who takes charge of the disinfecting machine
and station, an extra refuge for persons from infected houses,
and a bacteriological laboratory.
In 1896 two new disinfecting vans were purchased and the
two old vans renovated, repainted, and altered so as practically
to be new ones, making a total of 4, so that infected and disinfected
goods are now kept quite distinct.
Two refuges have now been provided, one at the Wharf in
1896 and one at Wanless Road, for the accommodation (if required)
of inmates of infected houses whilst disinfection is being
carried out, or even of suspected cases during epidemics of serious
diseases. These refuges are furnished and fitted with all necessary
appliances in the way of baths, etc., as required by Section
60 of the 1891 Act.
The old disinfecting machine at the Wharf has also been fitted
with new coils, and put in proper order and condition as far as is
possible with a machine on old-fashioned principles.
The amount of work carried out by the enlarged Disinfecting
Department during the last five years may be summed up as
follows:—