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the vessel containing them with a cloth soaked in disinfectant
and allow it to stand for about half an hour before emptyingit
(carefully) into the nearest W.C. No excreta or refuse of
any kind from the sick room should find its way into the ashbin
or be thrown upon the surface of any waste or other
ground that may adjoin the premises.
The Public Health Department undertakes the disinfection
of the sick room, bedding, clothes, etc. free of all cost
immediately the Medical Officer of Health is notified that
the patient is considered free from infection by his Doctor
moreover disinfectants are supplied gratis, to houses in which
actual or suspected cases of infectious disease exist, on
application at any of the three undermentioned places before
10.30 on any morning except Sunday.
1.—The Council's Depot, Clyde Road.
2. -Coombes Croft House, 712 High Road.
3.—St. Ann's Fire Station, Minster Road.
DIPHTHERIA.
What was stated last year in respect of this disease
might be repeated this year, except that the numbers of cases
of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria have materially increased.
19G cases of Diphtheria were notified during 1912, and 258
cases have been notified during 1913.
It is a recognised fact that epidemics of Scarlet Fever
and Diphtheria run concurrently, and that has been the
experience in this district.