APPENDIX No. 5.
Steam Disinfectors.
The ancient methods of disinfecting such articles as clothing and
bedding by exposure to the sun or immersion in a solution of perchloride
are somewhat crude and haphazard, and when large crowds are daily
entering a camp, such methods require a large staff of attendants, and
lead often to much confusion and loss.
Steps towards a thorough system of scientific disinfection by
sterilisation by means of steam under pressure were, therefore, taken by
the Committee, and for a commencement the equifex disinfector be-
longing to the Port Health Department was obtained and installed at
Wari Bunder Camp.
Another and a somewhat larger equifex disinfector was then
purchased from the P. & O. Company at a cost of £300, and was
erected on the open ground to the west of the Modikhana Camp under
a suitable permanent iron-framed building, 19ft. X 45ft., covered with
corrugated iron sheets. It is described as "an equifex steam disinfector
under the Genishe and Heischer Patent, manufactured by Messrs.
J. Deffris & Sons, London, size 7 ft. X 4 ft., complete, with an 8 H. P.
vertical boiler and all necessary fittings."
The land on which it was erected is held on a monthly tenancy,
and the shed has accordingly been constructed so as to allow of its re-
moval elsewhere, if required, at a small cost.
In regular work the following establishment would be necessary:-

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1 Inspector on Rs. 75 per mensem
75
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1 Third Class Certificated Engineer on Rs. 25 per month
25
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1 Coalman and 2 coolies on Rs. 12 each per month
36
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1 Ramosee on Rs. 11 per month
11
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147
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Coal, 5 cwts. per day, at Rs. 20 per ton
150
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Water, 1,000 gallons per day, at annas 10 per 1,000 gls.
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Stores and repairs, at Re. 1 per diem
30
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198
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