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Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
Report on Proposed Steam Disinfecting Apparatus and Reception
House, at Nos. 23 and 24, Market Street.
The Sub-Committee appointed to report on the Disinfecting Apparatus
the Shelter and the Hospital Accommodation—beg to state that they have m???
several times, and after due consideration, recommend:—
I.—That a Washington Lyon's Disinfecting Apparatus and Boiler with Vacuu???
Appliance, be purchased at a cost of £312. They recommend specially th???
machine—
1. Because, from evidence adduced, they consider it is thoroughly effectua???
and by reason of the vapour and heated air when withdrawn from the???
chamber, being passed through the fire of the boiler, before being dis???
persed into the atmosphere through the chimney—all that escapes is th???
rendered innocuous.
2. That, the apparatus and the boiler being separate, any repairs which woul???
from time to time be necessary to the boiler, and the removal of the f???
due to the use of hard company water, would not necessitate—as in t???
case of some other disinfectors—any disturbance of the Disinfector itself
3. That, because no extensive brickwork being required to fix the Disinfector,
could be removed easily if necessary.
4. That, because the Disinfector can be closed and opened in a much shorte???
period than any other steam disinfector.
5. That, as comparatively no expense is entailed for brickwork, the Disinfect???
—as a matter of fact—would, when fixed, not come to more money tha???
a machine, the initial cost of which would be less, and to which muc???
brickwork had afterwards to be added.
The Sub-Committee further recommend that the Fraser Disinfector, in use a
the present time, be converted into a destructor.
II.—As regards the Shelter, the necessity for which—apart from the statutar
obligation to maintain one—is demonstrated by the fact, that this Parish contain
626 two-roomed self-contained houses, in about two-thirds of which there are eithe???
no doors or only apologies for such, separating the two rooms ; a far greater numbe???
than are found in most large provincial towns. For Table of Return of Tenements i???
which Fumigation after Infectious Disease has been impracticable, see Page 35.
This return does not include Small-pox. In event of an outbreak of thi???
disease it would probably be desirable to limit the use of the Reception House t???
this particular epidemic.
The Sub-Committee have visited a great number of houses, yards, &c., an???
report that, in their opinion, the best and most suitable premises would be Nos. 2.???
and 24 Market Street, which would form an admirable Shelter, being very centrall???
situated, and having a large number of suitable rooms. The rent would be £100 o???
lease, and its 20 rooms are all in such condition that nothing would have to b???
expended upon them to render them fit for immediate use.
It is also recommended, because a dilapidated house or shed which is situate???
at its rear is included in the above rent, and this house or shed would form ???
suitable place to fix the Disinfector in. £25 out of the first year's rental would b???
allowed towards putting this shed into repair.
III.—As regards Hospital accommodation the house in Market Street, in
addition to the ordinary use of a Reception House, might—having 20 rooms—b???
utilized in case of emergency as a hospital, and, without over-crowding, about 3???
patients could be accommodated.