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Methods of Disinfection.
Rooms.
After a case has been removed to Hospital or has
recovered all the textile articles in the room are removed.
The rooms and articles of furniture are then thoroughly
sprayed with Formalin, fumigated with Formalin, and
sealed up for at least 6 hours.
Articles of Clothing, &e.
The articles of clothing, &c., are all removed from
the infected room to the disinfector at the Hospital, and
are steam disinfected in a Washington Lyons' Disinfector,
and after being thoroughly aired are returned.
Transport of Articles.
The means of transport of the infected and disinfected
articles is by vans provided for the purpose, and
which are kept at the Isolation Hospital, No. 1 Van,
which is used for infected articles, being lined throughout
with zinc. When returning articles after disinfection,
the sheets, blankets, &c., and wearing apparel are carefully
folded and returned in No. 2 Van, carefully packed in
hampers.