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In regard to the precautions taken, under the direction
of your Medical Officer, to prevent the spread of infectious
disease, no fewer than 4,9(51 articles were removed to the
Council's disinfecting station and passed through the steam
disinfecting apparatus; 332 rooms were fumigated with
Formic Aldehyde vapour and the walls of the rooms were
stripped and cleansed where necessary. The walls and floors
of the infected parts of the premises were also sprayed with a
disinfectant fluid.
Disinfection in a number of special cases has also been
undertaken at the request of residents, and a small charge
made to cover the actual cost of the work.
The drains and sanitary fittings in connection with the
infected houses were examined, and, in all cases of necessity,
tested. As a result, the under-mentioned defects were discovered
and satisfactorily remedied by the owners or
occupiers:—
Defective drains 5
Defective and insanitary w.c.'s 7
Defective soil pipes and ventilating shafts 3
Defective manholes and covers 5
Defective fresh air inlets to drains 5
Blocked drains, w.c.'s or gullies 3
Defective connections between w.c. basins and
flush pipes 2
W.C. flush boxes out of repair 8
Insanitary stone trough 1
Defective and untrapped waste pipes 24
Defective roofs 4
Defective rain water guttering and stack pipes 5
Absence of or defective yard paving 4
Dirty ceilings and walls of rooms 17
Defective floors 2
Rainwater pipe connected direct to drain 1
Dirty and uncovered service water cisterns 14
Defective ashbins 9
Miscellaneous defects 13