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There is a total of 607 houses and premises (exclusive of bakehouses)
in the Borough which come under the operation of the Factory
and Workshops Acts
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Four hundred and fifty-one cases were notified during the year,
and in most instances an inspection of the premises was made
All the houses where the cases of infectious illness occurred have
been disinfected; 340* by the Department, and the remainder under
the supervision of the Medical Practitioner attending the case. The
bedding, clothing, etc., were removed, steamed, disinfected, and returned
in 287 instances.
It was found necessary to strip and cleanse 64 rooms after removal
or recovery of patients.
One hundred and sixty books which had been borrowed from the
public library were collected from infected houses, and either disinfected,
and returned to the Public Library or destroyed.
* This includes disinfections on request of householders, after cancer,
phthisis, etc.