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sprayed with "Slatford." All bedding is taken away and treated
in the steam disinfector. After fumigation holes are filled and the
walls distempered or lime washed and the repapering left until all
signs of infestation have disappeared. Recently "Keritox" has
been used without the preliminary removal of mouldings with good
effect.
(3) When families are removed from verminous houses in clearance
areas their goods are all treated with hydrogen cyanide in a
pantechnicon under the careful supervision of a sanitary inspector,
with the exception of the bedding, which is treated in a steam
disinfector.
(4) The cyanide part of the process is carried out by contractors.
(5) After disinfestation occupiers are warned to be on the look
out to prevent reinfestation.