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INSECT PESTS.
During the year the scheme for the destruction
of vermin in the Borough has been in operation. A
small stock of spraying machines is kept for issue on
loan, with a quantity of insecticide, to residents desirous
of following up and completing the disinfection of their
rooms. The sprayers were lent on 127 occasions during
the year. The newly-opened Personal Cleansing
Station (referred to below) now provides facilities for
personal treatment. An attractively printed leaflet on
the subject of Insect Pests has also been prepared.
Verminous Conditions.
Eighty-five children were reported from the L.C.C.
Cleansing Station as being infested with vermin. In
every case advice as to the treatment of the clothing and
bedding was given and disinfestation by steam was
offered. In 13 cases advantage was taken of the offer.
Rooms were disinfested of vermin in 473 cases.
Scabies or Itch.
Forty-five children suffering from this disease were
visited after being excluded from the Elementary
Schools. In 12 instances disinfestation of the clothing
and bedding was accepted. In addition, 10 cases of
Scabies were reported by the London Hospital, and in
7 of these cases the bedding was disinfected. Twentyone
rooms were also fumigated after Scabies.
Personal Cleansing Station.
The Personal Cleansing Station opened in September,
1927, is gradually becoming better known to the
public as part of the Council's considered scheme for