Report by the Acting Medical Officer of Health.
Secretary,
C
18233
574
Rept
I beg to report for the information of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government respecting the General Cleansing of the City as follows:-
It having been decided by the Sanitary Board that it was advisable to start a General Cleansing of the City during the winter months, the matter was referred to a Sub-Committee to elaborate details.
The Committee concluded that the cleansing should be done by the people themselves and that it should simply be a cleansing and not pretend to be a disinfection, as it would be impracticable to disinfect the City on a large scale, and that the expense of attempting or pretending to do so would not be justified.
It was therefore decided that the active measures taken by the Board should be of such a nature as to help the people to more thoroughly cleanse their houses than they would be able to do without such help, while not robbing the people of the knowledge that they themselves were doing the work - a very important point in their sanitary education.
To this end, each plague district was supplied with a boiler for heating water and dissolving soft soap. This was distributed free to the people.
The work was carried out simultaneously in the districts under six Plague Inspectors, and as far as possible, houses were taken in blocks for this purpose. Notices requiring the cleansing to be done on the 3rd day after service of the notice were distributed, and the people were therein informed that if they failed to cleanse, the Board's Officers would
COPY.
Report by the Acting Medical Officer of Health.
Secretary,
C
18233
574
Rept
I beg to report for the Abforation of His
Excellency the Officer Administering the Government respecting
the General Cleansing of the City as follows:-
It having been decided by the Sanitary
Ecard that it was advisable to start a General Cleansing of the
City during the winter months the matter was referred to a Sub-
Committee to elaborate details.
The Committee concluded that the cleansing
should be done by the people themselves and that it should sim-
ply be a cleansing and not pretend to be a disinfection as it
would be impracticable to disinfect the City on a large scale
and that the expense of attempting or pretending to do so would
not be justified.
It was therefore decided that the active
measures taken by the Board should be of such a nature as to
help the people to more thoroughly cleanse their houses than
they would be able to do without such help while not robbing the
people of the knowledge that they themselves were doing the work
a very important point in their sanitary education.
To this end each plague district was sup-
plied with a boiler for heating water and dissolving soft scap.
This was distributed free to the people.
The work was carried out simultaneously
in the districts under six Flague Inspectors and as far as
possible houses were taken in blocks for this purpose. Notices
requiring the cleansing to be done on the 3rd. day after service
of the notice were distributed and the people were therein in-
formed that if they failed to cleanse, the Board's Officers
would
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