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owing to the pressure brought to bear the accommodation
next offered was accepted, and the overcrowding abated.
Eight other cases of overcrowding were reported in
which I considered it necessary to take action, and the
overcrowding was abated in each case, two of the families
being rehoused by the Borough Council. A Summons
was taken out in one case.
Twenty-seven cases of overcrowding in London County
Council dwellings in Bermondsey have been abated, and
twenty-eight cases in Borough Council dwellings, the number
of persons dwelling therein in the first case being 140, and
in the latter case 144; 119 cases have been relieved in
connection with clearance operations, the equivalent persons
in these cases totalling 643; these cases are included in c (i)
and (ii) above.
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS.
In order to assist in the battle against the bed bug it has
been our custom now for some years to disinfect all houses which
have been emptied for demolition. The premises occupied by
families who have been accepted as tenants in any of the Borough
Council Estates are inspected, and the Sanitary Inspector arranges
for the disinfestation both of the house and the furniture, where
his inspection shows evidence of vermin. The following table
shows the fumigations carried out during 1937: —
Infested
Disinfested
244
244
Council flats or houses
Council houses on Insanitary Areas
during decanting
353
353
London County Council Removals
11
11
Houses disinfested prior to demolition
209
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274
274
Other houses or flats