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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health-1892. 31
??? eans of the contaminated hands of the baker, or the germ-laden air of the bake-
??? e infecting the baked bread, pasty, cakes, buns, and sweetmeats
Legislation forbidding the use of cellar bakehouses, at least of those about to
??? eshly started in the future, and making th registration to the sanitary authority
??? I bakehouses compulsory, with medical inspection, prior to occupation, is very
??? ntly needed.
??? terly, if not monthly.
The Apparatus and Premises used for the Disinefection and.
Destruction of Infected Articles.
In a Report on this subject, I reminded the Vestry that the Sanitary Authority
???t. George, Southwark, was one of the first (if not actually the very of the
??? ropolitan Authorities to respond to the Sanitary Act of 1866, regarding disingfection
??? 867 one of Fraser's Patent Hot-air Disinfecting Apparatuses was erected within
Parish Stone Yard, in King Street, underneath an open shed. This apparatus I
??? d on inspection to be worn out as regards its furnace and smoke flues, and with
??? arge entrance doors considerably sunken upon their hinges, admitting the entrance
??? old air.
As the result of personal experiment with the apparatus, I proved to my
satisfaction, that it was unreliable as a disinfector of disease-infected articlesthat
it was worse than useless, since it gave a sense of security where no security
??? ted.
I accordingly called the attention of the Vestry to the provisions of the Public
??? alth (Lond.) Act, which says:—" Every Sanitary Authority shall provide proper
mises, with all necessary apparatus and attendance, for the destruction and for the
??? nfection, and carriages or vessels for the removal, of infected articles" and I
(1) That an apparatus employing steam, confined under pressure replace the
"Fraser "; and that the most suitable of these Disinfectors, considering
the needs of St. George's, Southwark, was, either
(a) Lyon's or (b) Goddard and Massey's.
(2) That the "Fraser be re-constructed in such manner that it may be. utilied
the complete and dangerless destruction, by combustion, of infected artcles, at
???sent burnt in the open, in the Parish Stone Yard.
(3) That the Parish Stone Yard, or other suitable premises, be taken upon a
lease, and that a light brick structure containing a separate infected
and disinfected chamber, be erected thereon, the stove being fixed in the
partition wall in such manner that one door opens into one compartment
and the other into the other.
(4) That two handcarts—rendered distinguishable by being paninted different
colours—be employed for the collection of infected articles, and the redistribution
of the disinfected ones.
I am pleased to be able to state that a sub-committee, after long and careful
liberation, submitted a Report (see Appendix B) which was accepted by the Public
Health Committee, and in which they recommended that a Washington Lyon's
sinfecting Apparatus and Boiler with acuum Appliance be purchased. The Vestry
??? ve already given the order, and it now remains only to secure smtable premises,
lease, wherein to fix the apparatus.