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In every case of Notifiable Disease enquiries are
made and recorded as to the number of persons in the
house, where they are employed, milk supply, water
supply, laundry, conditions of drains. etc., together with
the history of the case and the probable cause of
infection. Notice is at once sent to any school attended
by children from infected houses, and these children are
then excluded from school on my certificate, and are not
allowed to return until due notice has been given to the
school authorities.
Disinfection of infected rooms is carried out by
fumigation with sulphur dioxide or formic aldehyde, and
of the bedding and the clothes in the steam disinfector
at the disinfecting station at the Isolation Hospital.
Disinfectants are supplied free of charge during illness.
After the rooms have been disinfected the owners of the
premises are required to strip and whitewash the ceilings
and walls, under the supervision of the Sanitary
Inspectors. This applies to all cases of Infectious
Disease, and in the event of cases of Phthisis or Cancer
occurring, on request, the rooms, as well as the bedding,
clothing, etc., are from time to time disinfected.
The Council places at the disposal of all medical
practitioners, free of charge, means of having the
diagnosis of all cases of infectious or contagious disease
confirmed or otherwise by bacteriological examination,
and also, at the end of the illness, for determining
whether the patient is free from the specific bacterium
or not. During the year 779 such examinations have been
made.