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rubber mats, which can be treated without injury to a washing 

 down with bichloride solution. The benches and other fixed fur- 

 niture are set away from the walls to facilitate cleansing, and. 



Car receiving Packages before being run into Disinfecting Chamber. 



together with their fittings, are finished in white enamel, afford- 

 ing free surfaces, readily cleansed and disinfected. 



The two bath rooms an illustration of one of which is shown 

 are provided with showers and extra flexible hose connection 

 for hosing down. The baths and the temperature of the water 

 used are regulated in the central office; and the hot and cold 

 levers are so arranged that the cold water always precedes the 

 hot, thus preventing a sudden or too great rise of temperature in 

 the flow of water when distributed by the showers. 



The passengers are assembled for disinfection aft, on the upper 

 deck. From there they descend to the reception room, which is 

 situated over the stern. Opening from the reception room, on 



