Smaller quantities are used for disinfection and other purposes.
The product is used to bleach sugar, as well as for construction and disinfection purposes.
They are not, however, to be used in the disinfection of instruments, nor where any large abraded surface would favour absorption.
His system for the disinfection of sewage and similar matter by the electrolysis of chlorides, or of sea-water, has been tried, but for the most part abandoned on the score of expense.
Where any part of the country appears to be threatened with or is affected by any formidable epidemic, endemic or infectious disease, the Local Government Board may make regula tions for the speedy interment of the dead, house-tohouse visitation, the provision of medical aid and accommodation, the promotion of cleansing, ventilation and disinfection, and the guarding against the spread of disease.