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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
79
2,948 lots of bedding were staved at the Disinfecting Station,
comprising the following articles: 1,684 beds, 1,820 bolsters,
4,473 pillows, 2,400 mattresses, 66 palliasses, 4,183 sheets,
2,663 quilts, 730 cushions, 8,897 articles of clothing, 5,425
blankets, 65 carpets, and 5,465 extra articles; a total of 37,871
articles.
Disinfection was also carried out by the Sanitary Staff at
premises after non-notifiable diseases, and the sum of £44 12s.
3d. was received for such disinfection.
384 rooms were disinfected with sulphur in consequence of
their verminous condition, and 42 lots of verminous bedding
disinfected.
During the year, at the request of the Military Authorities,
6,020 articles of clothing and bedding were disinfected and ten
rooms sprayed on account of having been exposed to> infection.
The approximate cost of working and maintaining the Disinfecting
Station during the past year, including the cost of
disinfectants used in fumigating and cleansing rooms, was
£2,402 3s. 9d.
The number of lots of beading stoved was 2,948.
Cost per lot of bedding £0 16s. 5d.
Carrier Cases.
Very few carrier cases came to> the knowledge of the Department
during the year under review, but the usual procedure
in the case of Diphtheria was to' keep the children at home, and
periodical swabs were taken until two successive negative results
were obtained.
Dysentery Carriers.
In 1919 information was received from the Ministry of
Health of ten cases of chronic carriers of entamoeba histolytica.
These cases were visited periodically during the year, and
at the last visit, early in 1921, it was found that three had completely
rceovered, and that seven were still suffering. Two of
the latter were notified as cases of dysentery.