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No charge is ever made for disinfection.
Exceptionally only is disinfection arranged for by the householder and a medical certificate sent
to the sanitary authority; perhaps about one case on an average occurs in each year.
Temporary shelter.—The top floor of the coroner's court building is fitted up for this purpose.
It is approached by a separate entrance and staircase, and contains five rooms, four of which are furnished
as sleeping and day rooms, with beds, tables, washstands and fireplaces at which cooking can
be done. The use of the different rooms as living or sleeping rooms or both, can be varied according
to the requirements at the time. Crockery, cooking utensils and fuel are supplied by the sanitary
authority. There is a bath-room with hot and cold water and one water-closet. The caretaker
(resident) of coroner's court and mortuary also attends to the shelter.
St. James.
(a) Articles of clothing, bedding, &c.—The vestry have a Washington Lyon steam disinfecting
apparatus, situated at their depot in Dufours-place. The walls of each room are covered with opalescent
glass tiles. For fetching and returning articles two covered hand trucks are provided.
(b) Rooms.—Rooms are fumigated with sulphur by an officer of the vestry. The room is closed
for a space of 24 hours. Notice to cleanse and repaper is served in those cases in which the condition
of the room justifies this action, and proceedings are taken if it be not complied with. In other
cases nothing more than fumigation is done, but the fumigation may be done a second time if
considered necessary.
All cases where disinfection has been carried out by the vestry are reported to a committee,
who decide whether a charge shall or shall not be made. The charge in each case varies according to
the amount of sulphur used, and the length of time during which the men are occupied, but is
generally about half-a-guinea or under.
Temporary shelter.—A house adjoining the entrance to the vestry's depot has been taken on
lease for this purpose. The two top floors, each containing two rooms, have been furnished for use as
two kitchens or living rooms, and two sleeping rooms. The living rooms have cooking ranges, and
are supplied with crockery and cooking utensils, the sleeping rooms are each furnished with two beds
and a washstand and ewer. On the ground floor a bath has been fitted up, and hot and cold water is
supplied. Endeavour is made to persuade all persons who are obliged to use this shelter to take a bath
on admission, and dressing gowns have been provided so that the individual's clothing may be
disinfected by 3team while he or she is bathing. The shelter is under the superintendence of a resident
caretaker, who is also the disinfecting assistant and the keeper of the mortuary. He and his family
occupy the first floor rooms. One room on the ground floor of this house is utilised as a waiting
room in connection with the mortuary.
St. Marylebone.
(a) Articles of clothing, &c.—For the disinfection of clothing the vestry have provided a steam
disinfecting apparatus (Goddard, Massey and Warner) at their wharf in Capland-street. The building
in which it is erected contains two chambers, one for the reception of the infected articles, the other
for removing them from the apparatus when the process of disinfection is completed, and adjoining
these chambers are two covered sheds in which the two vans for conveying the articles to and from
the premises are kept. The van for the disinfected articles is also adapted for use as an ambulance in
case of need.
There is a crematorium here for the destruction of bedding if necessary.
(b) Booms.—Before removal of any articles of bedding rooms are closed under the supervision
of the sanitary inspectors, and fumigated with sulphur dioxide gas. If the room is in need of
cleansing notice is served to cleanse and re-paper, otherwise it is not customary to do any cleansing
as part of the disinfecting process.
Disinfection is done in cases of measles in addition to the notifiable diseases.
No charge is made for disinfection.
Practically all disinfection is done by the sanitary authority. Exceptionally a certificate from
a medical practitioner is received to the effect that it has been done to his satisfaction.
Temporary shelter.—Accommodation for persons during the disinfection of their premises has
been provided in a large house adjoining the vestry's wharf, and overlooking Regent's-canal.
There are six rooms here furnished as sleeping rooms, with a total of seven beds and six cots,
and one as a kitchen and day room. There is also another large room which can be utilised as a
day room. There is one bath room, with hot and cold water. The necessary cooking utensils and
crockery are supplied, and there is a resident caretaker.
In the garden attached to this house baths and waiting room accommodation (two baths for
females, two baths for males) have been provided for the use of persons under the "Cleansing of Persons
Act," and a small disinfecting oven is being erected for disinfecting the clothing of applicants. Considerable
use is made of this accommodation.
Hampstead.
(a) Articles of bedding and clothing.—A Washington Lyon steam disinfecting apparatus has
been provided by the vestry at their depot in Lithos-road, Finchley. The building in which it is
placed is a galvanized iron erection, divided into two chambers by a central partition, the apparatus
being so placed that it is partly in each chamber, one of which is used for putting the infected articles
into the apparatus, the other for removing them after the process of disinfection is completed.
Steam for disinfection is obtained from the boilers of the vestry's electric light station, which is
also situated at this depot.
There is no cremator here, but one is provided in connection with the dust destructor at the
vestry's wharf on the Grand Junction-canal Willesden
There are two horse vans, one for fetching and the other for returning articles which need disinfection.