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INFECTIOUS CASES.
In connection with infectious cases, including smallpox contacts,
1,269 visits were made by the sanitary inspectors.
The female sanitary inspector examined 1,103 scarlet fever patients
and contacts prior to return to school, and also took swabs from 1,180
diphtheria patients and contacts.
During the year 1934 the following disinfection was carried out:—
12,254 articles were disinfected in the steam disinfector;
1,199 rooms were disinfected with the formalin spray, namely:—
309 after diphtheria;
616 after scarlet fever;
179 in cases of tuberculosis;
63 after miscellaneous diseases;
32 wards and rooms in institutions and schools;
443 library books were disinfected and returned to the libraries;
1,013 aricles of clothing and bedding, etc., were destroyed at
the request of the owners;
50 lots of bedding from verminous houses, and
12 lots of bedding from houses where scabies was present, were
treated in the steam disinfector.
SMALL DWELLINGS ACQUISITION ACTS.
The sanitary inspectors test the drains and report on the condition
of all houses (except newly-erected premises) where application is made
to the Council for an advance under the above Acts. During the year
56 such properties were examined.