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FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1936.
6 inspections of premises where fertilisers and feeding stuffs were
sold and 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 aro 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 women
attendant deals with school children and women.
Tho following articles wcro disinfected at tho Disinfocting Station
during the year:-
By Stoam 49,918 articles.
By Formalin gas 2,753 w
By Formalin Spray 1,593 "
54,264
In addition 1,006 articles were destroyed on request.
Disinfection after infectious or contagious disease was carried out in
1,343 rooms at 973 houses
15 class rooms
86 hospital wards
693 hospital clinic and' creche rooms
20 vehicles
3 school departments
5 huts
4 offices
3 tonts
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 1939 899 such articles were disinfected, the receipts for this
work amounting to £35. 14. 0.
DISINFSS TATION
Disinfestation by Hydrogen Cyanide is carried out in certain cases before
tenants occupy Corporation houses.
Two specially built furniture vans are used. The furniture and effects
are collected and taken to the Disinfecting Station, here the contents, still
in the vans, are treated with Cyanide for the required time. The van doors
are then opened and the air extracted by means of fans in the van roof.
The whole of the furniture etc. is now removed to the open air, any packed
goods are opened out, clothes shaken and upholstered furniture beaten to
remove any traces of gas. Frequent chemical tests are made to ascertain that
no gas is loft in the articles.
The furniture and effects are re-packod into the wans and delivered to
the new address.
The air in the van and also the articles are chemically tested at the
place of delivery.
Bedding is treated by steam disinfection and delivered in a second van to
the house.