London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Tottenham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Insect Pests
The department continues to use a 5% solution of D. D. T. in
water for dealing with insect pests. For certain insects a 5%
D.D.T. powder is used in addition to spraying round the infested
area.
Households are visited by sanitary inspectors prior to
removal to Council houses and those cases which are found to be
verminous are disinfested before removal.
Inspections were carried out by the sanitary inspectors and
disinfestation was required in 11 instances.
| Cause | Private Houses | Council Houses | Other Premises | Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | Rooms | Houses | Rooms | Houses | Rooms | Others | ||
| Ants | 7 | - | — | - | 2 nurseries | 7 | - | 2 |
| Bees | 1 | - | - | - | 1 school | 1 | - | 1 |
| Beetles | 42 | 37 | - | - | 3 shops | 42 | 37 | 11 |
| 1 public house | ||||||||
| 1 club | ||||||||
| 2 school canteens | ||||||||
| 1 factory | ||||||||
| 2 schools | ||||||||
| Bugs | 83 | 195 | 3 | 15 | 3 schools | 86 | 200 | 3 |
| Earwigs | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Fleas | 9 | 22 | - | - | 1 public house | 9 | 22 | 1 |
| Flies | 5 | 9 | - | - | 1 slaughterhouse | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 1 factory | ||||||||
| Lice | 2 | 5 | - | - | 1 ambulance | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 1 cell | ||||||||
| Maggots | - | - | - | - | 1 yard | - | - | 1 |
| Red Mite | 2 | - | - | - | 11 flats | 2 | - | 11 |
| Scabies | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Wasps | 8 | - | - | - | Summer Theatre | 8 | - | 2 |
| Woodworm | 3 | 8 | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | |