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Blankets shall be washed in boiled water once in three months, and hospital clothing and bedding at shorter intervals, by a group of men specially set apart for this work. In order that this may be done systematically and thoroughly, it shall be done ward by ward. Each prison shall be provided with a boiler and wringing machine for boiling and washing blankets and clothing of newly admitted prisoners and also the clothing of hospital patients. The boiling must be done thoroughly; there ought to be no vermin in the clothing. At least once a week, when the weather is fine, the bedding and blankets shall be aired in the sun for at least three hours. This should ordinarily be done after the mid-day meal, and the bedding left out until the prisoners return from work in the evening. Repair, maintenance and inspection of clothing and bedding.