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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Sutton and Cheam 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Table: ERADICATION OF BED BUCS.Fifty bug-infested houses were dealt with as follows

ERADICATION OF BED BUCS.

Fifty bug-infested houses were dealt with as follows

By the use of
Insecticides.Sulphur.Hydrocyanic (H.CN.)Gas.
Council Houses——2
Other Houses4215

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One other case was in hand at the end of the year.
Except where H.C.N, gas is used, the work of disinfestation
is carried out by co-operation between the
landlord and the Corporation on the lines indicated in
previous reports.
Contractors employed by private landlords, or by
the Corporation in the case of Council houses, apply
the H.C.N, method. In these cases bedding is dealt
with by steam disinfection.
EXCHANGE OF ARTICLES OF FOOD AND
DRINK, ETC., FOR RAGS.
Under Section 154 of the Public Health Act, 1936,
it is not lawful for any person who collects or deals
in rags, old clothes or similar articles, to sell or deliver
any article of food or drink to any person or any
article to a person under fourteen years of age.
A warning was given in one case where toys were
given in exchange for rags to children.
The offence was not repeated.
SHOPS ACT, 1934.
The following figures are given by courtesy of the
Town Clerk, who administers the above Act:—
Number of Shops within the Borough 1190
Number of visits paid to Shops within the
Borough during 1937 2082
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