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DISINFECTION.
The Borough Disinfecting Station is situate at Factory Lane.
Two steam disinfectors are in use and are supplied with
steam from the refuse destructor.
A Cleansing Station, consisting of reception rooms, four baths
and discharge room, is attached to the Disinfecting Station, and
is used for dealing with verminous conditions in children and
adults.
The following articles were disinfected at the Disinfecting
Station during the year: —
By Steam 44,836 articles
By Formalin gas 3,678 ,,
By Formalin spray 831 „
49,345 „
In addition 953 articles were destroyed on request.
Disinfection after infectious or contagious disease was carried
out in
3,129 rooms at 2,074 houses.
29 class rooms.
12 hospital wards.
2 vehicles.
1 shelter.
10 bags.
4 school departments.
2 prams.
Disinfecting of bedding and other upholstered goods is
carried out for traders who deliver to and collect the articles from
the Station. For this service a charge is made.
During 1935, 803 such articles were disinfected, the receipts
for this work amounting to £35 19s. Od.