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166 rooms stripped and cleansed.
5,990 articles of clothing, bedding, &c., disinfected.
132 articles destroyed, and in certain cases compensation
allowed, owing to the articles being of too filthy a
nature to disinfect.
Should the Council at any time anticipate building a structure of
a permanent nature for a disinfecting station J would suggest that a
small laundry be included in the scheme, so that the blankets,
sheets, bedding, &c., after disinfection, could be washed and sent
home in a clean condition.
DISINFECTANTS.
The Council have generously allowed the distribution of disinfectants
again during the year, and 27,163 applicants have been
supplied with fluid or powder by the Sanitary Staff. This, of
course, necessitates a great deal of extra labour, but it encourages
cleanliness and in a degree minimises infectious disease. In every
case the address of the applicant is now taken, as applicants have
called from other districts, but were not of course supplied.
Although the numbers seem large they are less than for the
year 1904.
MORTUARY.
I inspect these premises personally almost daily and am pleased
to say that they are at all times kept in a satisfactory condition.
During the year the total number of bodies received was 85.
Amongst these were
5 unknown persons.
14 bodies detained after Post Mortem examination owing to
decomposition having set in or insufficient accommodation
being available in the homes.
1 was deposited by an undertaker for sanitary reasons.