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work has to be done at once, because the people want to
get back to their houses.
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Do you think t
special operation of general
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disinfection t ņ was carried out sometime ago was of
any advantage as it worth the amount of money spent
on it?
2
It seemed then to be the only way of getting at the
infected houses. There were so many bodies dead of
plague thrown into the street, and found outside
houses, and there seemed to be no possibility of getting hold of the infected houses and disinfecting
them.
The general disinfecting was in 1903 or 1904. Simpson 1977
and Chadwick were hers in 1902.
Ar Shelton Hooper:-
It was about Xmas 1902.
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A.
I think it was suggested by me, as far as I remember,
but I am not positive.
Did you at the time approve the idea?
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The Chairman:-
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A.
As far as I remember, bes.
Q.
And do you think it was satisfactorily dona ?
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79
A.
No, I am not satisfied that the result was commensurate
with the expense.
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And did it ever occur to you at the time that the
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general disinfecting was not worth the money?
A.
I could not say.
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You dont know whether Dr Pearse made any representatione
on the subject ?
A.
I dont remember any.
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You don rørerne that he did, as your assistant ?
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ink I should have remembered.
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