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Isolation.— There is a shelter adjacent to the Town Hall
arranged as two small temporary dwellings of two rooms each with
the necessary furnishings. Its purpose is to give accommodation to
families living in one or two rooms only when those rooms are being
disinfected after serious infectious disease. But, in the absence of
smallpox and with no popular desire to use it for lesser infections,
it has not been used during the year.
Disinfection of Premises after Infectious Disease.— The following
number of rooms have been disinfected:
After notifiable Diseases 262
After Pulmonary Tuberculosis 30
After Measles and Whooping Cough 34
After Cancer 29
Disinfection of articles removed from premises after infectious
disease has been carried out in the Goddard Massey and Warner
disfector. Total, 11,261 textile articles.
Books from the Public Library fumigated with formalin vapour
numbered 83.
Cleansing Station.— During the year the Council continued
its agreement with the Education Department of the London
County Council to supply the necessary accommodation and equipment
for the bathing and cleansing of school children, and the following
were treated during 1927:
Cases of Impetigo 118
Cases of Nitty and Verminous Heads 1,328
Cases of Verminous Bodies 119
In addition one verminous adult was cleansed. Premises
fumigated for vermin numbered 110.