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Disinfectants.
By Order of your Board the disinfectants used for the
following purposes are:—
1. Chloride of Lime, for disinfecting the soil and refuse
matter removed from the catch-pit gullies and sewers, and
offensive earth taken out of excavations from sewers and
house drains.
2. Carbolic Acid Powder, for deodorizing dust-bins.
3. Sanitas Powder and Fluid, for use in the Mortuary
and Post-mortem room.
4. Permanganate of Potash, in street watering and flushing
of courts and alleys.
5. Per chloride of Mercury, for the disinfection of drains,
sewers, and gully-pits.
A mixture of this is made in the proportion of—
Perchloride of Mercury 8 ounces (3,500 grains)
Methylated spirit 2 pints.
Aniline (green) half an ounce.
Water to make 50 gallons.
6. Tuson's Disinfectant, for the underground convenience
in Shaftesbury Avenue.
Sect. 88.—Mortuary.
The Public Mortuary in Goldsmith Street was built in
.1883. During the ten years from the opening to the end of
1893, 858 bodies were received. In 1894 65 were ad