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Point Nepean Treatment/Fumigation Room
Another shot from the treatment room within the Quarantine Room in Point Nepean National Park. Passengers goods were fumigated here as they embarked off the passenger ships.
The larger circular apparatus is thought to be the disinfecting oven manufactured by the French Sanitation engineering company, Geneste-Herscher that was installed at the station in mid 1890 and probably moved here in 1900.
There were 2 methods of disinfection;
1. The Formaldehyde Gas Method (for passenger's luggage and clothing). A 20" vacuum was achieved in around 20 minutes. It took 5 minutes for Formaldehyde to fill the chamber and a further 35 minutes to process the articles and clear the gas.
2. The Steam Saturation Method (for bedding). The chamber was sealed and vacuum achieved. The 15lb steam pressure was then raised. Treatment and subsequent cooling of the articles took a further 50 minutes. The articles would come out completely dry.
Point Nepean Treatment/Fumigation Room
Another shot from the treatment room within the Quarantine Room in Point Nepean National Park. Passengers goods were fumigated here as they embarked off the passenger ships.
The larger circular apparatus is thought to be the disinfecting oven manufactured by the French Sanitation engineering company, Geneste-Herscher that was installed at the station in mid 1890 and probably moved here in 1900.
There were 2 methods of disinfection;
1. The Formaldehyde Gas Method (for passenger's luggage and clothing). A 20" vacuum was achieved in around 20 minutes. It took 5 minutes for Formaldehyde to fill the chamber and a further 35 minutes to process the articles and clear the gas.
2. The Steam Saturation Method (for bedding). The chamber was sealed and vacuum achieved. The 15lb steam pressure was then raised. Treatment and subsequent cooling of the articles took a further 50 minutes. The articles would come out completely dry.