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the disease, which houses are termed in this report the Guardians'
Hospital. An ambulance was provided by this Board and a
Eraser's Disinfecting Oven and Shed were erected for the disinfecting
of bedding, clothing, &c. This oven was not erected
until nearly the middle of the year in consequence of the great
difficulty in procuring a site, but eventually it was placed on an
arch built over part of the Marsh Sewer and on ground recovered
from the sewer at Gainsborough Road, Hackney Wick. Since
its opening on July 12th, no less than 1270 articles of bedding
or clothing have been disinfected, consisting of 107 beds, 116
mattrasses, 92 bolsters, 176 pillows, 40 blankets, 26 sheets,
23 counterpanes, 32 carpets, and 658 other articles. The men
were employed 598 hours or nearly 60 days each. The men were
paid by the hour, so that the cost for labour was £23 16s. 8d.,
and for fuel £3 14s. l1d., making a total cost for working of
£27 l1s. 7d. Against this there was received a sum of £9 14s.
from persons who could afford to pay, so that the nett cost of
working is comparatively small, and I should expect that the
outlay for future repairs will be but trifling.
In addition to removing and disinfecting articles of clothing,
no less than 928 houses were disinfected by the Chief Sanitary
Inspector, and disinfectants liberally supplied to the inhabitants
The water closets in most of the infected places were flushed
with Carbolic Acid water, the streets and courts well watered
with it, and all the gullies and sewers in the district also disinfected.
There were used 115 gallons of common acid for roads,
sewers, and water closets; 90 gallons of white acid distributed in
900 bottles, and 1270 pounds of disinfecting (carbolic acid)
powder were given away in 1-lb. bags. In addition to these
means for checking the spreading the disease, no less than 158
bodies were removed to the mortuary by order of the Sanitary
Officers, the cause of death in nearly all these cases was Small