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A family whose dwelling, tenement, or flat docs not afford sufficient
accommodation during the disinfection of part or of the whole of their
dwelling will be temporarily accommodated in the Contact Shelter, which is
provided with baths and disinfecting chamber.
A midwife, after attending upon a patient suffering from puerperal fever
or from any other illness supposed to be infectious, by the rules of the
Central Midwives Board, must disinfect herself and all her instruments and
other appliances to the satisfaction of the local Sanitary Authority, and must
have her clothing thoroughly disinfected before going to another labour. For
this purpose the baths and disinfecting chamber at the Contact Shelter
are available, and after cleansing and disinfection a midwife is given a
certificate to the effect that she has undergone personal cleansing (including
hair and nails) in a warm bath, that her personal clothing has undergone
disinfection or destruction, that her hands have been specially disinfected bv
soaking in methylated spirit and in solution of perchloride of mercury
(1 in 1,000), and that the instruments brought with her have been sterilised
or destroyed, namely, the gum elastic instruments and parts destroyed, metal
and other articles steamed, the lining of the bag destroyed and the rest of the
bag washed with corrosive sublimate solution.
A person who has been in contact with Smallpox should, as soon as possible,
undergo personal cleansing (including hair and nails) in a warm bath, and the
personal clothing should undergo disinfection or destruction. The Contact
Shelter is available for this purpose, and a certificate to the above effect will
be given to a Smallpox contact undergoing such cleansing and disinfection.
If, in addition, the certificate of the Public Vaccinator or any other medical
practitioner is obtained to the effect that the person has been efficiently
vaccinated or re-vaccinated, all practical precautions will have been taken
against the spread of the disease, and any occupation may be followed with
comparative safety. Such precautions having been taken an employer should
not find it necessary to suspend or discharge an employee.
The Contact Shelter is also available for a person in contact with any
other dangerous infectious disease, for instance, scarlet fever, and a certificate
will be given to any contact undergoing personal cleansing and disinfection.
Medical Officer of Health.