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The number of rooms disinfected, cleansed, &c. 179
The number of articles treated in disinfector 1004
Towards the close of the year a number of cases of
Scarlet Fever occurred in the Mason's Hill, Newbury and
Aylesbury Roads portion of the district, they were evidently
contracted from two or three cases of a mild character which
had not come under medical treatment, and were attending
school; the schools in this district were closed and every room
thoroughly disinfected, and all the slates treated with Carbolic
acid and afterwards thoroughly washed with scalding water
and soap.
Where cases of Typhoid occurred the premises and
drains were carefully examined and sanitary defects, where
found, remedied; in five instances the drains were found to be
very defective and were entirely relaid, in 6 houses no defects
could be found, the drains in most of them being new and
recently laid.
In connection with the cases of Diphtheria, since
September last in most cases of suspected throat illness
swabs have been submitted to the Clinical Research Association,
for bacteriological examination, and the result communicated
to the medical practitioner in each case before the
notification was sent in.