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Schools.—There was no reason to interfere with
the school routine of the year. Notices as required
by the Act of 1891 were sent out for the notifiable
diseases (except erysipelas) and for measles. The
school teachers reported several cases of the latter
disease during the year.
Family Shelter.—Into the house provided for
families displaced during the disinfection of their
homes 21 families were received in 1899, 2 fewer
than in 1898. The families included 80 individuals,
42 adults and 38 children. As there was (generally)
less infectious disease during the year, it was a
natural consequence that fewer persons required to
use the accommodation provided. Moreover, there
is in successive years a variation in the incidence of
disease on the occupants of different classes of
homes—i.e., number of rooms occupied. It is usually
the inhabitants of single or two-room tenements
who are admitted to the shelter.
Disinfection.—Messrs. Armfield & Sons have
continued to carry out the disinfection of bedding,
etc. There have been no complaints as to the condition
of the goods sent home, nor has there been
any evidence that the processes employed have
failed in their object. The expenditure last year
on this account was £947, as compared with the
amounts set out below for the preceding five years :
1894 £875 1896 £1,284
1895 £881 1897 £1,109
1898 £1,203