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No. of articles destroyed by request, 400.
Library books disinfected, 910.
Arrangements are now in operation for any
necessary disinfection to be carried out during the
week-end, certain of the disinfectors standing by for
duty on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.
INSECT PESTS.
There are welcome signs of greater activity in the
destruction of insect vermin in the borough. The
Council's facilities for this purpose are being more
appreciated and used. 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 522 occasions during the year,
as compared with 428 last year, and 127 in 1928.
Verminous Conditions.
One hundred and seventeen children in 90 families
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 35 cases
disinfection of some kind was accepted.
Rooms were disinfested of vermin in 292 cases.
Scabies or Itch.
Eorty-two children suffering from this disease were
visited after being excluded from the Elementary
Schools. In 32 instances disinfestation of the clothing
and bedding was accepted. In addition, 16 cases of
Scabies were reported by the London Hospital and one
by St. Bartholomew's Hospital; and in all but one of
these cases the bedding was disinfected. Thirty-two
rooms were also fumigated after Scabies.