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"43 adults and 34 children, total 77 persons, have been accommodated with comfortable
"lodging and wholesome food.
"Of the 24 families received, 10 families had been living in one room only for all
"purposes, 11 families had two rooms for their home and the remainder three rooms."
Shoreditch.
(a) Articles of clothing, bedding, &c.—The vestry have provided a steam disinfecting apparatus
in a building at the rear of the Vestry Hall, Old-street, E.C. The apparatus is one supplied by
Messrs. Goodard, Massey and Warner, and is set in a partition wall which divides the building into two
rooms, into each of which the apparatus opens, one room being for infected the other for disinfected
articles
The articles are fetched from and returned to houses in different horse vans, numbered one
and two.
At the disinfecting station there is also a cremator for the destruction of bedding.
(b) Room disinfection.—Fumigation by burning sulphur (1 lb. to 1,000 cubic feet} is practised,
the procedure being carried out by officers of the vestry. If the room is dirty, notice is served to strip
walls and limewhite ceilings, in other cases, if it is considered desirable to have this done as part of
the disinfecting process, the work is done by the sanitary authority.
No charge is made for disinfection except in cases where the householder desires for his own
convenience to have it done at some time not within working hours. A fee of 10s. 6d. is then charged.
Practically all the disinfection in the district is done by the sanitary authority, but in a few
cases householders prefer to have it done themselves. In such cases a certificate from a medical practitioner
is obtained, and inquiry is also made as to what has been done, and if the method is not
considered satisfactory, disinfection is then done by the sanitary authority.
Temporary shelter.—One of a row of houses has been taken by the vestry for this purpose. The
accommodation consists of two sitting rooms and three bedrooms furnished, and the resident caretaker's
room. Cooking and other necessary utensils are provided. There is no bathroom.
Bethnal-green.
(a) Articles of clothing and bedding.—A Washington Lyon's steam disinfecting apparatus has
been provided at the vestry's depot in Digby-walk, in a building erected for the purpose. One man is
engaged in placing articles in on the infected side, and removing them on the disinfected side. He
has, at his own cost, provided himself with two suits of overalls, but does not change them on going
from the infected to the disinfected side, as one suit is taken home to be washed while he is using the
other. There are two hand-trucks for conveying articles to and from premises. These are kept, one
in a shed in the yard, the other in the room in which infected articles are placed into the apparatus.
There is no cremator for the destruction of articles.
(b) Rooms.—Disinfection of rooms is carried out by fumigating by burning sulphur, this being
done before articles of clothing or bedding are removed. In every case notice is served to strip walls,
and to cleanse the room. If the room is dirty the sanitary authority enforce compliance with the
notice, if necessary by taking legal proceedings, in other cases the vestry do not, upon default of the
owner, carry out the work.
No charge is ever made for disinfection.
The greater amount of disinfection in the district is done by the sanitary authority. During
the last twelve months (1897) out of 590 cases of notified infectious disease 15 certificates from
medical practitioners as to disinfection were received.
Temporary shelter.—No accommodation has yet been provided. The vestry have authorised the
medical officer of health and chief inspector to obtain accommodation when it is needed.
Whitechapel.
(a) Articles of bedding and clothing.—A steam disinfecting apparatus (Goddard, Massey and
Warner) has been provided at the depot of the district board. The walls of the chamber in which the
infected articles are received and the chamber in which they are removed from the apparatus after the
disinfection is completed, are lined with tiles.
For conveying articles to and from premises there are two hand trucks, which are kept in
separate sheds. Destruction of articles, when necessary, is effected in the dust destructor, which is also
situated in the depot.
(b) Rooms.—Fumigation by burning sulphur, after closing up all crevices and openings, is
practised. In all cases notice is then served to strip walls and to cleanse the room, and if not complied
with the work is done by men employed by the sanitary authority, who wash with a solution of
corrosive sublimate. Where cases of smallpox or typhoid have occurred the walls, ceilings and floors
are washed with corrosive sublimate (1 part in 2,000) without serving a notice.
No charge is ever made for disinfection.
All the disinfection in the district is carried out by the sanitary authority.
Temporary shelter.—The sanitary authority have purchased a house for use as a temporary
shelter. The premises are in too dilapidated a condition for habitation and alterations are, it is stated,
unavoidably delayed. In the meantime a waiting room connected with the coroner's court and
mortuary is available for use, but no sleeping accommodation is provided.
St. George-in-the-East.
(a) Articles of clothing and bedding.—The vestry have made an arrangement with the authorities
of the London hospital, whereby all articles are disinfected in the steam apparatus provided for the use
of the hospital. The articles are conveyed to and from the apparatus in separate hand trucks
belonging to the vestry by men in their employment.
(b) Rooms.—Rooms are disinfected by burning sulphur after all openings have been tightly