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DISINFECTION.
The following tables contain particulars regarding the work of disinfection
carried out after the infectious diseases during 1909. The second table refers to
articles, the third gives the actual number of disinfections in each month, and
the conditions rendering disintection necessary. For the disinfection of infected
articles one steam disinfector was used, viz., Goddard Massey & Warners'
machine. Formic aldehyde gas, produced by an Alformant lamp burning
30 tabloids per 1,000 cubic feet, and sulphur dioxide gas in cylinders were used
for the disinfection of premises.
The number of separate rooms disinfected during the year was 809. In
720 cases one room was dealt with, in 67 two rooms, in 8 three rooms, in 2 four
rooms, in 1 five rooms, in 2 six rooms, in 2 seven rooms, in 1 eight rooms, and
in 1 nine rooms. Four wards of a hospital and one motor garage were also
disinfected.
1908. 1909.
Number of rooms disinfected 764 809
Number of articles disinfected 11,784 11,524