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Clerkenwell.—The report of the vestry clerk states that the vestry were not prepared to adopt
the Council's recommendation that a steam apparatus should be provided.
St. Luke.—The medical officer of health recommended the vestry to substitute a steam apparatus
for the existing dry-heat apparatus.
City.—"A steam disinfecting apparatus of the most modern and approved type, together with
the necessary buildings, has been erected; at the same time the old fumigating chambers have been
retained, so that a substantial increase of efficiency has been afforded in the methods and rapidity in
which the processes are conducted, by which the goods sent to be disinfected are rendered completely
safe from infection and returned to their owners within a few hours."
St. George-in-the-East.—"The question of the provision of a proper disinfector and destructor
again engaged the earnest attention of the Committee."
Limehouse.—A site for various purposes having been obtained, the medical officer of health
anticipates that disinfecting chambers will be erected on it.
Poplar.—A Washington Lyon disinfecting apparatus has been supplied. Two closed vans have
been procured.
St. George-the-Martyr.—A new (steam) disinfector has been provided ; a properly constructed
incinerator is still wanted.
St. Olave.— The district board has provided a steam disinfector at Guy's Hospital.
Wandsworth.—The question of providing a steam disinfector for the whole district was under the
consideration of the district board. It was decided to leave each parish to make its own provision. The
Clapham Vestry resolved to erect a steam disinfector in that parish as soon as a suitable site could be found.
Plumstead.— A new boiler was purchased ; the question of providing an improved disinfecting
chamber was under the consideration of the Public Health Committee; articles from Lee and Eltham
are disinfected in the Plumstead apparatus.
The reports of medical officers of health also show that in the district of the Strand disinfection
is effected after death from phthisis, and in Plumstead after death from phthisis and after removal from
a house of a person suffering from this disease.
References to the provision of shelters are found in the reports of the medical officers of health
of the following districts—
Kensington.—The medical officer of health directs the attention of his authority to the statutory
requirement of the provision of a shelter, and states that nothing has been done in this parish to give
effect to the requirements of the section, which he points out " are of an obligatory character." He
adds that some 64 cases of infectious disease in 1894 occurred in families occupying single rooms, and
that 34 of the sufferers had scarlet fever, 19 had diphtheria, 7 had enteric fever and 4 had small-pox.
Fulham.—The medical officer of health reports that the want of this accommodation was on
several occasions severely felt, and he adds, the vestry had already decided that such shelter should be
provided, and that land has been purchased for the purpose.
St. George, Hanover-squcvre.—The shelter which the vestry have provided was not used during
the year. The shelter "is the basement of the offices at No. 1, Pimlico-road."
Westminster.—The number of families removed to this shelter in 1894 was 24.
Marylebone.—A scheme has been adopted by the vestry to meet the want of a shelter.
St. Pancras.—The shelter was completed in 1893, and came fully into use in 1894 ; 16 families
availed themselves of it during the year.
Islington.—The shelter is completed and will shortly be ready for use.
Stoke Newington.—The medical officer of health states that he thinks the provision of two rooms
would be sufficient.
Hackney.—Accommodation was provided for the inmates of two houses while their rooms were
being disinfected.
Strand.—The board has now a house at all times available for the purpose of a shelter.
Clerkenwell.—The Holborn Board has discontinued its joint tenancy of the shelter provided by
the Clerkenwell Vestry.
St. Luke.—The vestry determined their arrangement by which they made use of the shelter
provided by the Clerkenwell Vestry in consequence of the accommodation not being available at night,
and the difficulty in inducing people to go so far from those parts of the parish where the want of a
shelter is most often felt. The vestry of St. Luke therefore proposed to provide the necessary
accommodation in Wharf-road.
City.—The sanitary committee selected a new commodious building at 6, Cotton-street,
Aldersgate-street, at a rental of £275 and taxes, to be used as an office for the sanitary inspectors and
as a shelter. The accommodation consists of several rooms in the basement and four upper stories,
and includes water-closets, baths and lavatories. The shelter was used by 24 families, consisting of
77 persons, during the year. These persons were provided with plain wholesome food. The 24 families
had been living 10 in one room, 11 in two rooms, and the rest in three rooms. The diseases which
necessitated their removal were 10 cases of scarlet fever, 7 of diphtheria, 5 of enteric fever, 1 of
small-pox and 1 of erysipelas.
Shoreditch.—The shelter was used on 16 occasions for periods of time from 1 to 15 nights;
14 families were accommodated on account of small-pox having occurred, 1 on account of scarlet fever,
and 1 on account of diphtheria.
St. George-in-the-East.—The shelter was used once during the year.
Limehouse.—The medical officer of health anticipates that a shelter will be erected on a site
purchased for a mortuary and other purposes.
Mile-end Old-tovm.—The medical officer of health mentions the useful purpose the shelter served
during an outbreak of small-pox in the district; several families were removed there whilst their houses
were properly disinfected.