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home isolation can be permitted, making a personal visit if
necessary. A printed card of instructions is given in these
cases, and the process of disinfection is delayed until the
medical attendant certifies that the case is free from infection.
Periodical visits are paid by the district Sanitary Inspector
to ensure that isolation is being carried out. Contracts are
excluded from school in accordance with the regulations of
the London County Council. After diphtheria the contacts
attend at the Town Hall for examination and for swabbing
whenever, in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health,
this is necessary.
The Disinfecting Station is sometimes used for special
disinfections at the request of the inhabitants. A small
charge, to cover the cost of disinfection, is made in these cases,
and during the year 57 such disinfections were carried out,
and fees amounting to £15 7s. were paid.
In tabular form below is shown the amount of disinfection
which was carried out during the year.

Disinfestation. The Council's Station for cleansing verminous
persons adjoins the Disinfecting Station and was
opened in November, 1906. It is mainly used by school
children under an agreement which was originally entered
into with the London County Council in August, 1911. The
station is now reserved for the use of these children every