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Nurse Dawkins visits the patient with as little delay as possible; takes
disinfectants, sees to isolation, and visits the patient periodically till
convalescence ensues.
If it is found impossible to satisfactorily isolate the patient, an
attempt is made to remove the case to an Isolation Hospital.
The Sanitary Inspector visits the house in the course of a day or
two, and tests the drains, &c.
When the premises are ready for disinfection I forward a printed
notice to the Sanitary Inspector.
For more thoroughly disinfecting rooms a spray was purchased,
the container of which is filled with a solution of Perchloride of
Mercury (1 in 1000);and the walls and ceiling and all articles of
furniture in the infected room are well sprayed with the solution before
being sulphured.
After disinfection a printed form is left with full instructions when,
and how to open the room. A counterfoil signed by the tenant is kept,
so that no misunderstanding on this point can now arise. Also in the
case of removing bedding,—a list is taken of all the articles removed,
and the owner upon receiving them back from the Council's man,
checks them and signs a receipt.
HOSPITAL ISOLATION.
Two patients suffering from Scarlet Fever were admitted into the
W'illesden Isolation Hospital, two from Small Pox into the Small Pox
Hospital at Barnet.
Six from Enteric Fever into the Acton Cottage Hospital.
Seventeen patients were removed to the Stanmore Convalescent
Home for Scarlet Fever at Stanmore.