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Malaria.
One case in 1944 notified—treated in a military
hospital.
Terminal Disinfection.
It had been the custom that after certain infectious
diseases, either when the case was removed to hospital
or the period of isolation was ended, the bed and bedding
was removed to the infectious disease hospital for steam
disinfection and an employee of the Health Department
sprayed the room or rooms last occupied by the infectious
person with a solution of formalin. Owing to the
call up of employees to the Forces and increased costs it
was decided in 1941 to dispense with terminal disinfection
except of the room and bedding following cases of
smallpox, plague or typhus fever and the bedding of
cases of cholera, typhoid and enteric fevers.
The whole question of discontinuing terminal disinfection
is a matter of educating the public, as the public
has during the past forty or more years been led to
expect disinfection. An Inspector calls at each house
from which a case of infectious disease has been notified
and gives instructions with regard to the airing and
scrubbing of the room after the patient has been
removed.
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