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than two hours elapse after receiving the intimation of
the existence of infectious disease in any house before
the patient, if for removal, is in the Hospital. Any delay
is to be deprecated in all cases of diphtheria.
In all cases of Typhoid Fever which are not
admitted to the Hospital, sanitary pails, of a special
character, furnished with air-tight screw lids, are left at
the infected houses for the reception of all excreta and
other waste products of the sick room. These pails are
collected daily, and their contents are dealt with in the
destructor at the Hospital.
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 of their freedom from possible
infection.
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