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and two children. During the year 1899 it was used 11 times
and accommodated 49 persons. The following is the complete
return: —
1900.
Days or Hours
of Occupation.
Disease.
No. of
Persons.
April 14
4 days
Smallpox
1 adult
„ 18
8 „
„
1 „
„ 20
2 „
„
1 „
„ 24
4 „
„
1 „
„ 27
1 day
„
2 adults
„ 27
1 „
„
1 adult
May 7
4 days
„
5 adults
„ 8
1 day
„
1 adult
Aug. 13
1 „
„
2 adults,
2 children
Dec. 12
1 „
Scarlet Fever
2 adults
DISINFECTION.
In January, 1900, an additional steam disinfector was
erected adjacent to the Baths, established under the Cleansing
of Persons Act, for the purpose of disinfecting the extremely
filthy clothing of the persons cleansed in these baths. In other
words, the ordinary disinfection after cases of infectious disease
was henceforward separated from the disinfection for vermin
and for dirt.
No district in the Metropolis has a more complete installation
than St. Marylebone.
The disinfection by superheated steam was established in
1899, and the apparatus, with but few intermissions for repair,
has been working since that year.
The list of articles disinfected in 1900 is as follows: —
Beds 335
Mattresses 732
Bolsters 516
Pillows 1,295
Sheets 916
Blankets 2,399
The disinfecting vans have been used 580 times.