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1934] 54
Vaccinations and re-vaccinations performed by the Public Vaccinators of the
Council during the year 1934 :—
Successful vaccinations performed at the surgery or elsewhere
than at the homes of the persons vaccinated . 115
Successful re-vaccinations performed at surgery or elsewhere
than at the homes of the persons vaccinated 105
Successful vaccinations or re-vaccinations performed at the
homes of the persons vaccinated or re-vaccinated 2,036*
The above figures represent actual vaccinations or re-vaccinations performed
by the Public Vaccinators during the year.
The Vaccination Officers in the course of their duties forwarded the names of
1,707 children to the Public Vaccinators on Form " H." Other 475 children were
vaccinated at the " request " of parents or guardians before Form " H. " was
issued.
*168 of these vaccinations or re-vaccinations were done at a school.
DISINFECTION.
Disinfection of Rooms.—2,975 rooms were disinfected, as contrasted with
3,265 in 1933. For this purpose formaldehyde in solution was employed, although
it was sometimes augmented by sulphur fumigation, when it was necessary to kill
vermin, for which purpose sulphur has been found effective. For the extermination
of bugs, in addition all the architrave mouldings and skirting boards behind
which they breed are removed, and the walls washed with hot lime, and in certain
cases special insecticide fluids or sulphur dioxide were employed.
The above figures also include the disinfection of houses and rooms after
Tuberculosis, vide p. 45.
Rooms Disinfected.
1934 1933
1st Quarter 787 655
2nd „ 661 876
3rd „ 573 769
4th „ 954 965
The Year 2,975 3,265
Work at the Disinfecting Station.—39,708 large articles of bedding,
etc., as detailed below, were disinfected by the steam disinfectors, at the Council's
Disinfecting Station, compared with 36,647 similar articles disinfected during the
previous year.
In addition to the above articles, 177,082 second-hand garments were disinfected
for clothing contractors trading in the Borough, who paid the Council for
the work, amounting to the sum of £75 15s. 0d.
Altogether 216,790 articles described in the two paragraphs preceding were
disinfected. Since the disinfection station was established 2,911,797 large articles
have been disinfected.