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July. Now that all forms of Tuberculosis are made
notifiable a large number of other forms than Phthisis are
discovered to be in the district, for which suitable treatment
and accommodation are urgently needed, especially children,
and a further development of the Hospital for this purpose
would, I am sure, give excellent results.
DISINFECTION.
After a case of infectious disease has terminated, the
Assistant Sanitary Inspector, who is responsible for this
work, visits the house, sprays out the infected room or
rooms with a Cyllin solution, and removes the infected
bedding and other articles to the Hospital in one of the vans
provided. At the Hospital there is a disinfector of the
Washington Lyon improved type, and the removed articles
are then put through the disinfector. The leather tabs on
the bedding are ruined, being hardened bv the steam, so
these are all renewed, and the bedding, with the other
articles, is then returned home in another van which has not
been infected. A list of the articles removed is entered in a
book, checked by the householder, and signed for on
recovery. Occasional complaints are received on account of
the discolouration that inevitably takes place on subjecting
old bedding to the high temperature. Blankets, with linen,
are usually put in soak by the Inspector, and the householder
is responsible for their proper washing. It seems impossible
to subject blankets to the action of the disinfection without
spoiling them, and therefore, unless there are special circumstances
necessitating this procedure, they are not removed.
The Inspector carries out this work well, efficiently, and with
discretion.
BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
I am largely indebted to Dr. Oates for the following
account of the work done in the Laboratory. The fitting up,