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The rooms disinfected reached the large number of 2,374; those
cleansed, i.e., those in which the walls were stripped of their paper
and washed with carbolic solution, 734.
Disinfectants were issued to the public during the year to the
number of 980 bottles of carbolic acid, and 6,453 one pound bags of
sanitas powder. The articles disinfected at the Borough Disinfecting
Stations with super-heated steam amounted to 14,960, and the articles
destroyed, mostly on the request of the owners, to 80. Further details
are given in the appendix.
Accommodation for persons during the disinfection of their houses
was paid for by the local authority in one case. This will no
longer be necessary, as we are now provided with a shelter for such
emergencies.
Articles Seized Unfit for Food.— These amounted during the
year to 24 cwts. of fish; 1 cwt. of meat; 11¼ cwt. of fruit and
vegetables; 102 tins of tinned food, and 2¼ cwt. of other articles.
Cow-Houses and Slaughter-Houses.—The annual inspection of
these premises (31 slaughter-houses and 25 cow-houses) by the Public
Health Committee took place in the month of September. On the
whole these premises were found to be in a satisfactory condition;
but the following conditions were found requiring attention :
Foul grain pit 2
Dirty sheep pen 1
Dirty dairy 1
Paving defective 3
Dirty cow-house 4