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FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1926.
Seventeen inspections of premises where fertilisers and
feeding stuffs were sold were carried out during the year, and
no infringement of the Act was found.
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. A woman attendant deals with school children and
women.
The following articles were disinfected at the Disinfecting
Station during the year :—
By Steam 62,050 articles
By Formalin gas 4,092 ,,
By Formalin spray 1,366 ,,
67,508 „
In addition 833 articles were destroyed on request.
Disinfection after infectious or contagious disease was carried
out in
1,955 rooms at 1,505 houses
23 class rooms
18 w.c.'s
102 hospital wards
26 hospital and other rooms
11 vehicles
10 bags
1 school department
5 shelters
1 aeroplane
2 lobbies
1 hall.
Disinfecting of bedding and other upholstered goods is
carried out for traders who deliver to and collect articles from
the Station. For this service a charge is made.
During 1938, 1,060 such articles were disinfected, the receipts
for this work amounting to £45 13s. Od.