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(73 persons were supplied in 1908, 110 in 1909, and 71 in
1910), 14 Barge House Road, North Woolwich (18 persons
supplied), and at 144a High Street, Eltham (53 persona
supplied). The cost of disinfectants used by the department
in 1911 was £36 7s. 9d.
The disinfectants used were Corrosive Sublimate; Sulphur
and Formalin tablets (for fumigation); Formaldehyde (for
spraying and disinfecting books, and for use in the Mortuary);
Cyllin (for sputa in phthisis); Permanganate ,of Potash;
Jeyes' Corporation Fluid (for dust-pails); and Chloride
of Lime (for offal tins).
Health Shelter.
42. The Health Shelter was not used during the year.
It was used twice in 1906, once in 1908, and not at all in
1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, and 1910. In view of the
small use to which it is put, the upper of the two flats
was let in 1908, and has been occupied since on a weekly
tenancy.
The Mortuaries.
43. The Sun Street Mortuary was used for 189 bodies,
compared with 151, 146, and 136, in the three preceding
years. 157 were deposited for inquest, and 32 for custody.
98 post-mortem examinations were made. One body was
deposited in the infectious mortuary, compared with two in
1907, none in 1908, one in 1909, and one in 1910.
The Eltham Mortuary was used for three bodies, two
for inquest and one for custody, compared with one in 1908,
one in 1909, and three in 1910.
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