CO129-506-7 Medical and sanitary reports- 1926 2-11-1927 - 28-2-1928 — Page 85

11-WORK DONE AT DISINFECTING STATIONS.

The appended table shows the number of articles and vehicles disinfected and washed after disinfection during 1926. The figures for 1925 are given for comparison. During the year portable

"sack" disinfectors have introduced and used in the eastern and western areas.

1925.

1926,

been

Hong Kong Disinfecting Station.

Kowloon Disinfecting Station.

Hong Kong Disinfecting

Kowloon Disinfecting

Eastern District

Station,

Station.

Office.

Western District Office.

Portable Sack Disinfectors

Number of Articles Dis-

infected

Number of Public Vehicles

Disinfected

14,740

8,307

19,911

3,548

291

97

118

244

237

543

Number of Days Dis-

infecting Apparatus

in Use

217

108

177

236

5

11

Number of Articles wash-

ed after Disinfection..

5,537

27

4,384

I

91

During the year no new carts were constructed at the Hong Kong Disinfecting Station. Miscellaneous repairs and new construction were done to the value of $6,615.36. At Kowloon Disinfecting Station miscellaneous repairs to the value of $1,291.14 were done.

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