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DISINFECTION OF CONVEYANCES AFTER CARRYING
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Three public conveyances, which had been used to convey patients suffering from
intectious diseases to hospital, and six police litters used by verminous persons, have
been disinfected at the City Disinfecting Station, Golden Lane, E.C.
DISINFECTANTS.
As heretofore, all the disinfectants used in the Public Health Department were
obtained through your Medical Officer of Health.
They are used for the following purposes:—
A. Deodorising and "denaturalizing" condemned meat, disinfecting
public conveniences (urinals, &c.).
B. Disinfecting roadways, street gullies, &c.
C. Disinfecting premises, &c., after infectious disease, drain testing and
sundries.
The amounts spent during the past 12 months under the several headings were:—
£ s. d.
A 30 2 5
B 351 2 0
C 21 14 0
Total £402 18 5
The above amounts only relate to materials purchased for the use of the Public
Health Department. Arrangements have been made with the heads of other departments
whereby any disinfectants required by them can be obtained direct from the
Contractor supplying the Public Health Department.
PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF UNKNOWN DEAD.
The De Rechter apparatus for the preservation of the dead, installed at the City
Mortuary in March, 1909, was fully described in the Annual Report for that year.
Since its establishment 28 bodies have been placed therein, four during 1909, eight
during 1910, five during 1911, five during 1912, and six during 1913. With one
exception these were all the bodies of unknown persons who had met their death
by violence, and the preservation has in several cases rendered identification possible.
RECEPTACLES FOR POISONOUS LIQUIDS INTENDED TO BE
USED FOR PURPOSES OF DISINFECTION.
In April the Local Government Board called attention, by Circular Letter, to the
possible danger to life attending the distribution of disinfectants by Local Authorities,
and suggested the desirability of adopting precautions similar to those prescribed by
the Regulations made under the Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908.