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ERADICATION OF BED BUGS
Number of Council houses found infested during the year, 88.
Number of other houses found infested during the year, 44.
Number of requisitioned, etc., houses found infested during
the year, 36.
Total number of houses disinfested during the year, 124.
Methods employed:—
6 houses treated with sulphur dioxide.
118 houses treated with insecticide spray (inclusive of
rooms treated on more than one occasion).
No private houses were treated by the Council staff, but advice
was given and material supplied at cost price on request
in respect of 44 houses.
Number of houses disinfested for beetles, 68.
SCHOOLS
The supervision of the public elementary schools is under
the control of the Education Department of the Surrey County
Council.
The sanitary fittings, etc., however, are inspected periodically
by the sanitary inspector. All schools have a constant supply of
water from the mains of the Metropolitan Water Board.
Medical Inspection.—The medical inspection of schoolchildren
is carried out by the Education Department of the Surrey County
Council.
Closure of Schools.—No school has been closed by the local
authority during the year.
Infectious Diseases.—Scholars in contact with a case of
infectious disease are excluded from school, the period of the
exclusion being that set out in memorandum of the County
School Medical Officer to the Surrey Education Committee. The
head teacher of the school concerned is always notified of this
exclusion and the reason for same.