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Remarks.
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Method adopted for
disinfecting houses.
Disinfectant
recommended for
disinfection
of excreta.
Whether
charge is made
for
disinfection.
Whether
shelter has been
provided
as required by
Section 60 of the
Public
Health (London)
Act, 1891.
Diseases after which Authority
carries out disinfection.
NORTH
DISTRICTS.
9
St. Marylebone
Yes
The Stone-yard,
Capland-street
Dry heat
Hotwater
pressure
pipes
...
No
2-3 hours.
Temperature
of centre
of beds
not known
Special men employed.
Infected
articles fumigated
with liquified sulphurdioxide
before
removal in vestry's
van to disinfecting
apparatus
Liquified sulphur
dioxide
Commercial carbolic
acid 90-95 per
cent. For drains
40-45 per cent.
A charge is
made only in
cases of request
for disinfeetion
after nonnotifiable
diseases
Yes
Notifiable diseases, except
erysipelas. By request
measles and influenza
A new steam disinfector
will be erected at the
Stone-yard, Caplandstreet
10
Hampstead
Yes
Stone-yard, Lithos-road
Steam (Washington
Lyon)
...
...
No
About 1 hour
Two carts, one for
infected, one for
disinfected articles
Sulphurous acid gas,
whitewashing and
cleansing
Carbolic acid, sulphate
of iron for
sewers
No
Yes, at Stoneyard.
Accommodation
for
two families
Smallpox, scarlet fever,
diphtheria, typhoid, puerperal
fever, by request
measles, whooping cough,
diarrhoea, rotheln
11
St. Paneras
Yes
Cambridge - st.,
N.W.
Steam (Goddard,
Massey and
Warner)
...
...
No
Entire process
½ to 1
hour; 212° F.
Two vans,one for infected
and one for
disinfected articles
Sulphurous acid gas,
stripping, cleansing.
and whitewashing'
Left to discretion of
medical attendant,
but alkalised gas
creosote is left for
cleansing
No; except
for special
service at
night
Yes
All notifiable diseases except
erysipelas
12
Islington
Two new
ovens are
nearly
ready
for use
Seven - sisters'road
Steam (Goddard.
Massey and
Warner)
...
By contract
with Messrs.
Rood and
Co., of Is1
i n g t o n,
until the
new disinfectors
are
read for
use
No
Messrs. Rood provide
covered carts.
Vestry are providing
covered
vans
Sulphurous acid gas,
washing with carbolic
acid, or solution
of perchloride
of mercury, stripping
walls, repapering
and
white - washing
walls and ceilings
Carbolic acid or solution
of perchloride
of mercury
No
Yes
Smallpox, cholera, diphtheria,
scarlet fever,
typhus, typhoid fever,
continued fever, measles,
membranous croup, and
erysipelas
The disinfecting station is
also provided with a laundry
and a crematory.
13
14
Hackney
Stoke Newington
Yes
No
Hackneymarshes
...
Steam (Washington
Lyon)
Dry heat
...
...
...
By contract
witliMessrs.
Rood and
Co.
No
...
£ hour
3 hours; temperature
of
oven,220°F.
Two hand-carts, one
for infected, one for
disinfected articles
Two carts, one for
infected and one
for disinfected
articles
Sulphurous acid gas
Sulphurous acid gas,
stripping, cleansing,
&c., when
judged necessary
Sanitas powder,
carbolic acid solution
1 in 150
Perchloride of mercury
No
No
No
No
Notifiable diseases.
All notifiable diseases except
erysipelas
CENTRAL
DISTRICTS.
15
St. Giles
Yes
Stone-yard, 197,
High Holborn,
YV.C.
Steam (Washington
Lyon)
...
...
No
30 minutes;
265° F.
Hand trucks
Sulphurous acid gas
Perchloride of mercury
No
No. In cases
of emergency
shelter will be
provided in
spare rooms at
the public
Notifiable diseases, except
erysipelas and croup.
When cases of erysipelas
occur at the workhouse,
the bedding there is disinfected
16
St. Martin-in
the-Fields
No
...
Steam
...
By contract
with Mr.
Lacy, of
Fulham
No
30 minutes;
250u F.
A special zinc-lined
van
Sulphurous acid gas
Calvert's carbolic
powder 20 per cent.
and Jeyes' fluid
A small charge
to those who
can afford
tuary
An arrangement
is in contemplation
Smallpox, cholera, typhus,
typhoid, scarlet fever,
diphtheria, puerperal fever.
17
Strand
Yes
Denzell - street,
Clare-market
Both: Wasliington
Lyon's
steam and
Fraser's dryair
oven
...
...
With the
Fraser
sulphur
may be
employed
Lyon's, 1 hour;
steam at 20 lbs.
pressure being
on for 20 mins;
250° F.
Fraser's used
for leather
articles, books,
&c.
Air-tight iron cart
for removing infected
articles,
separate truck to
return them from
oven
Sulphurous acid gas
and stripping walls
Corrosive sublimate,
Calvert's No. 5
carbolic acid and
crude Sanitas. according
to nature
of case
No
Yes
All notifiable diseases, and
any others required.
Cleansing is carried out
after deaths from phthisis.
18
Holborn
Yes, but
useless
for the
purpose
In Stone - yard
at Town Hall,
(used only for
cases of itch)
Steam used by
Contractor
By contract
witliMessrs
Armfield, of
Battersea
No
About 1 hour;
about 250° F.
A preliminary fumigation
with strong
sulphurous acid
gas before leaving
house
Sulphurous acid gas
Carbolic acid and
Jeyes' Fluid
No
At present share
with Vestry of
Clerkenwell
the use of shelter
in that
trict
Notifiable diseases and
measles.
19
Clerkenwell
Yes
49, Northampton-road
Dry heat
Gas
....
No
At least 4
hours; 250°
F. or under
300° F.
Sheet-iron truck
Sulphurous acid gas
1 lb. of sulphur to
every 300 cubic
feet, all apertures
being tightly closed
Carbolic acid
No
Yes
Notifiable diseases.
20
St. Luke"
Yes
Warwick-place,
Whitecross
street
Dry heat
Gas
...
No
7 hours; temperature
of
oven,240° F.
A covered van
Sulphurous acid gas
Carbolic acid solution
and powder
No
No. Arrangement
made
for the use of
Clerkenwell
shelter was
discontinued
in September,
1893
Notifiable diseases
Bedding, Ac., subjected to
fumigation before removal.
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