“…It is not altogether certain how important this factor is in the general problem of cross-infection in wards (Marsh and Rodway, 1954;Perry, Siegel, Rammelkamp, Wannamaker, and Marple, 1957;Schwabacher, Salsbury, and Fincham, 1958; Gillespie, Simpson, and Tozer, 1958) but it is clearly desirable that each newly admitted patient should be supplied with fresh, germ-free blankets, if this is reasonably practicable (Gillespie and Robinson, 1959).…”