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rewashed and dried and any sores treated. Lethane hair oil
is applied all over the scalp and the person is told to return
for further treatment in a period varying from a day to a week,
according to the condition of the scalp.
In the worst cases, where lice are imbedded in the scalp,
Lethane hair oil has proved very effective in preventing the
rapid return of the condition of lousiness which would otherwise
occur.
During treatment the patient's clothing is disinfected.
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.
The following is a summary of the work carried out by the
disinfection staff during the year:—
(a) After the occurrence of infectious and contagious diseases:
Number of rooms disinfected 2,791
Number of articles of bedding and clothing
disinfected or destroyed 58,668
Number of Public Library and other books
disinfected 5,268
Number of persons accommodated in the
isolation shelters —
(b) for the destruction of vermin :
Number of rooms disinfested 980
Number of articles destroyed 312
Number of beds, mattresses, blankets, etc.,
treated in cyanide gas chambers 197,553
Number of articles disinfested by other
means 17,763
Number of van loads of furniture treated
in cyanide gas chambers 27
In addition 33 van loads and 13 dust bins of verminous and
unwholesome articles were removed to the Disinfecting Station for
destruction.
The cyanide gas chambers were again used on several occasions
for the destruction of food pests in such articles as rhubarb, pearl
barley, cummin seed, coriander seed and fennel seed. The total
weight of the foodstuff treated was 31 tons 9 cwts. 2 qrs.