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The occupiers of invaded houses are cautioned as to sending
infected clothing to laundries, and against taking into the house
milk cans belonging to milk vendors.
On the convalescence or removal to hospital of the sufferers the
premises and bedding, &c., are disinfected under our supervision; the
sanitary arrangements and drains are also inspected ; and notices
have been served to carry out the necessary work to remedy
defects, dilapidations, or uncleanly conditions found to exist. The
work of ascertaining that the requirements of these notices are
complied with often entail several visits to the houses and considerable
correspondence.
Appended is a summary of the work in connection therewith:—
Houses infected and disinfected 616
Houses inspected and the sanitary arrangements
examined and tested 616
Loads of infected bedding removed to be
disinfected at the Council's Steam
Disinfector and returned 706
Parcels of "home work" in infected
houses removed for disinfection .. 12
Books belonging to Public Institutions
disinfected 108
28 of the cases notified occurred in the Public Institutions
in the district, as compared with 86 cases in the year 1908.
Quantities of bedding from the Public Institutions have been
removed and disinfected at the Steam Disinfector.