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52 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Only five deaths were registered on the authority of
the Coroner without medical certificates or inquest.
General Sanitary Proceedings 1900.
Disinfection
During the year, 300 infected rooms in 190
houses were fumigated with sulphur. In
addition, the infected rooms in 10 houses were certified
by the medical practitioners in attendance to have been
disinfected to their satisfaction. 248 lots of bedding,
&c., have been disinfected by the contractor. 249 notices
were served to cleanse and strip 276 rooms, and 74
rooms Avere cleansed by the Board's employees.
Unsound Food.
The following articles were destroyed as
being unsound, and unfit for human food,
4 baskets of cherries, and 20 baskets of strawberries, 5
boxes of bloaters, 1 box of cod and hake.
Underground
Rooms.
Only four underground rooms were known
to be separately occupied in accordance with
the provisions of the Public Health Act. They were
regularly inspected. One other instance was found that
did not comply with the requirements; the occupiers
moved out without notice, and the premises ceased to be
separately occupied.
Workshops.
The number on the register was 236, and
they were regularly inspected. Cleansing
was required in 27, eight water-closets were altered or
repaired, two workroom floors, two drains, three yard
pavings, and one water fitting were repaired, two workrooms
were ventilated, and one case of overcrowding
dealt with.