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ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION AND
THE EXTENT OF THEIR USE.
Disinfection.—The Council's Disinfecting Station is situated at White Hart
Road, Plumstead, where there are installed two Washington Lyon steam disinfectors,
one high-pressure steam washing disinfector, and one room for disinfecting articles
which cannot be subjected to heat.
The heavy demand on the resources of the Station owing to the work of bug
eradication was again apparent during the year.
The Station is sometimes used for special disinfection at the request of inhabitants.
A small charge is made for these disinfections and during the year 35 such
disinfections were carried out, and charges amounting to £8 13s. 6d. were paid.
In tabular form is shown below the amount of disinfection which was carried
out during the year.

Disinfestation.—In accordance with the terms of an agreement with the London
County Council, disinfestation of school children is carried out at the Cleansing
Station, White Hart Road. Disinfestation of adults is carried out at times when
the children are not there.
The following Table No. 59, shows the number of persons cleansed each year
since 1930.