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Arrangements were made with the Middlesex County
Council for this department to carry out any rodent control
works necessary on the portions of the Duke of Northumberland's
River and the River Crane in this area.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951
There are two premises registered under this Act, where
filling materials are used.
Disinfestation
Four premises were found to be infested with bed bugs
and were disinfested:
Council houses infested 4
Other houses infested —
The method of disinfestation normally employed was
spraying with contact insecticides incorporating D.D.T., and
this work was carried out by the department.
The furniture, etc., of prospective Council house tenants
is inspected before removal to the Council's houses and if
necessary is treated for tha eradication of bugs.
Disinfestation for the eradication of the following vermin
was carried out at the numbers of premises stated :—
Mites 1. cockroaches 5. fleas 3. woodworm 2.
In addition 7 wasps' nests were destroyed.
Infectious Diseases—Disinfection

Administration of the Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948
Part 1 of the Act