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Disinfectants have been distributed to the public when
required and personal instructions given as to their proper
use. The number of articles of clothing, &c., disinfected
was considerably more than in 1891, so much so, that it
was at times found necessary to employ outside assistance
in disinfecting the articles, in order to prevent delay and
inconvenience to the public.
The method of disinfecting articles of clothing, &c., by
means of the heated dry-air apparatus, purchased 12 years
ago, being considered, for various reasons, to be inferior
to the more modern method by superheated steam, your
Committee of Works appointed a Sub-Committee to investigate
the forms of apparatus in use, and on their
recommendation, which I fully endorse, have had a steamdisinfector
erected by Messrs. Goddard, Massey & Warner,
of Nottingham, and also a Crematory Furnace, with proper
chimney, for the burning of bedding, &c., when necessary.
The two hand-trucks, hitherto used for carrying bedding
and clothing to and from the disinfecting station, have
been replaced by two excellently constructed one-horse
vans, and a horse has been purchased expressly for this
work. The old district office in Commercial Road, formerly
used by the Assistant Sanitary Inspector, lias been demolished
and two sheds erected upon the site for the
accommodation of the new vans.
The following correspondence having been published in
the principal Medical Journals, relating to an important
point in connection with Medical Certificates of cases of
Infectious Disease, I think it desirable to reprint it here: —
THE NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Sir,—There is a point concerning this subject that I should like to
ventilate, as it is an important one to a large section of medical men.
Some months ago a medical gentleman, in the parish of St. George's,