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The landlords are very anxious to carry out these
requirements, so that it has not been necessary to take
any proceedings before a Magistrate. I have also
embodied in the same notice, the provisions of the 89th
clause, by which landlords are prohibited, under a
penalty not exceeding £20, from letting a house, room,
or part of a house, in which any person suffering from
any dangerous infectious disease has been, without
having such house or room disinfected, as well as all
articles of clothing, likely to retain infection, to the
satisfaction of a qualified medical man, as testified by a
certificate given by him. I think it very likely that the
heavy penalty so provided, assists materially in inducing
the landlords to do the work.
The 23rd section, which is very important, has not
been well carried out in the Hackney District, as the
large disinfecting apparatus at the Hackney workhouse
has been damaged and is not yet repaired, whilst the
small one is only capable of disinfecting articles of
clothing. By this section, the Board is empowered to
provide an apparatus for the disinfection of "woollen
"articles, clothing, or bedding, which have become
"infected, and may cause any articles brought for dis"infection
to be disinfected free of charge." This
section has not been carried out in this district, although
it has been in some others. There can be no doubt
that it would afford a very important means of preventing
the spreading of contagious diseases. The
small apparatus now in use at the workhouse is