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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
1,603 lots bedding were stoved at the Disinfecting Station,
compared with 1,230 in 1910, 1,584 in 1909. 1,826 in 1908, 1,948
in 1907, and 1,669 in 1906
The 1,603 lots of bedding included the following :—1,008 beds,
1,084 bolsters, 2,695 pillows, 1,187 mattresses, 433 palliasses, 1,952
sheets, 1,479 quilts, 686 cushions, 5,581 articles of clothing, 2,734
blankets, 146 carpets, and 2,628 extra articles, a total of 21,613
articles, compared with 15,430 in 1910, 20,843 in 1909, 24,034 in
7908, 29,102 in 1907, and 28,885 in 1906.
2,638 premises were disinfected after Measles and 313 after
Tuberculous disease of the Lungs compared with 418 and 265 in
1910.
35 beds, 12 bolsters, 53 pillows, 46 mattresses, 38 palliasses,
13 sheets, 3 quilts, 18 cushions, 122 articles of clothing, 9 blankets,
31 carpets, and 87 extra articles, were removed and destroyed by
request of the owners during the year.
Disinfection was also carried out by the Sanitary Staff at
premises after non-notifiable diseases, chiefly Cancer, and the sum
of £31 7s. 6d. was received for such disinfection.
240 rooms were disinfected with sulphur in consequence of
their verminous condition, and 11 lots of verminous bedding
disinfected.
I have regularly visited the Disinfecting Station during the
year, and am able to report that the work has been carried out
by the staff to my entire satisfaction.
No complaints of damage to goods by disinfection have been
received during the year.