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DISINFECTION OF CONVEYANCES AFTER CARRYING
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
On three occasions daring the year the Corporation's Electric Ambulance was used
to convey to hospital persons suffering from an infectious disease. Two taxi cabs
were used for a like purpose, and all these conveyances were subsequently, and before
being put to further use, 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 conveyances (urinals, &c.).
B. Disinfecting roadways, street gullies, &c.
C. Disinfecting premises, &c., after infectious disease, drain testing and
sundries.
The amounts paid during the past 12 months under the several headings were:—
£ s, d.
A. 19 9 4
B. 391 8 4
C. 22 4 4
Total £433 2 0
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 33 bodies have been placed therein, four during 1909, eight
during 1910, five during 1911, five during 1912, six during 1913, and five during
1914. 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.
PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION IN 1914.
The following Measures for safeguarding public health interests were introduced
into Parliament during 1914:—
The Smoke Abatement Bill (see page 55). Dropped.
The Deaths Registration and Burial Bill (see page 56). Dropped.
The Public Health (Sewers and Drains) Bill (see page 55). Dropped.
The Humane Slaughtering of Animals Bill (see page 54). Dropped.
The Underground Workrooms Bill (see page 57). Dropped.
The Vaccination Acts (Repeal) Bill (see page 54). Dropped.
The Infants' Milk Bill (see page 53). Dropped.
The Milk and Dairies Act, 1914 (see page 54), Passed.