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Repair of Houses by the Council.
Work carried out in default -
Section 9. Housing Act, 1936 - 19 premises;
cost £319. 7. 0,
Section 39, Public Health Act,
1936 - 2 promises;
cost £14. 9. 1.
Work carried out for maintenance of public sewers -
Section 24, Public Health Act,
1936 - 34 premises;
cost £470. 2. 7.
Housing Act. 1936; Section 11.
Demolition orders with respect to 2 dwelling
houses were made under this Section.
Infectious Disease.
Disinfection Work.
In addition to the normal terminal disinfection of
rooms carried out with the Formalin Spray, an increasing amount
of disinfection work has been undertaken at the Steam
Disinfector.
Blankets, pillows, etc. used by the firewatchers of
private firms, A.R.P. personnel, etc., have been disinfected
regularly at the Markfield Road Disinfecting Station, and the
Baths there have been used for cleansing persons suffering
from Scabies.
The complete renovation of these baths, in order
to render them more suitable for the increasing number of
cases required to be dealt with, was arranged in the last
month of the year, and the work was completed early in 1942.
The accommodation here cannot, however, be regarded
as providing permanent cleansing facilities.
Full details of the Disinfection work carried out,
are set out below.
Rooms disinfected after Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, and Tuberculosis. 258
Bedding, etc. from 484 houses (Infectious
Disease - incl. Scabies)
Wards or School Rooms, 19
Verminous rooms (incl. disinfestation
process) and mis cellaneous. 324
Blankets. Pillows. Overlays. Other articles„
Private Firms in
the district. 2,120 102 66 18
Civil Defence and
Fire Watchers, 3,144 76 127 18
206 Library Books were disinfected with Formaldehyde Gas.
Disinfestation of 60 houses on the Council's Housing
Estates was also completed during the year.
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