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is made of copper and consists of a cylinder which is
fitted with pressure gauge, and into which air is forced
by means of a pump until a pressure of 15 pounds to the
square inch is recorded. The same pump is employed,
without disconnecting it from the tank, to next force in
the fluid until the gauge shows a pressure of 45 pounds.
The amount of fluid used for this purpose usually
amounts to about 1½ gallons. A tap is then turned and
compressed air forces out the fluid in a flue spray, and
this spraying action lasts for about 20 minutes. The
fluid used is 6 ozs. of Schering's 40 per cent. Formalin
mixed with water up to 1½ gallons.
Infected linen, bedding and articles of that nature
are steeped in a solution of Izal. We have no steam
disinfector.
MIDWIVES ACT, 1902.
Midwives practising in this District mostly reside in
the County of Surrey.
HOUSING.
In company with your Sanitary Inspector, I made a
careful inspection of the houses occupied by the Working
Classes. Three such houses were found to be in a state
so injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation.
The Sub-Committee appointed to deal specially
with the question of the Housing of the Working Classes
also inspected them. Two of the houses had been used
for some years past as one house being occupied by one
tenant. The ceilings and floors of the upper rooms were
defective, the walls in one case being perforated with
large holes. This had arisen because an adjoining house
had been taken down and the wall had been injured in
the process. The other dwelling house was over a stable.
The rooms, two in number, were badly lighted and ventilated.
This dwelling place was also declared to be
unfit for human habitation. Closing Orders were made,