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the poor. This has been in full operation for some
time, and is governed by the regulations which I
prepared for that purpose in the month of May, 1872.
Processes of disinfection are also adopted in accordance
with the provisions of the 22nd and 23rd
sections of "The Sanitary Act, 1866," so that in all
cases where, in my judgment and on my certificate, it
has been thought necessary to cleanse and disinfect
the rooms and articles contained therein, in which
persons have suffered from infectious disease, your
Inspectors have personally superintended the disinfection
of such places ; and with a view to additional
safety, the articles of clothing, bedding, &c., have
been conveyed to the disinfecting chambers in Golden
Lane, and have been further disinfected by heat and
sulphurous acid. While the patient has occupied the
sick room, the only processes of disinfection have been
the free use of carbolic acid, and the treatment of the
infected articles with boiling water saturated with
carbolic acid. When, however, the patient has quitted
the room, it has been immediately treated with the
fumes of burning sulphur, using about an ounce and a
half of sulphur for every 100 cubic feet of space; and
as the articles of bedding, clothing, &c., have been
allowed to remain in the room, they also have been
disinfected by the vapours of sulphurous acid. The
processes followed at the disinfecting chambers have
been the total destruction in a furnace fire of all
worthless articles, and the treatment of others with a