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2. Weekly inspection by sanitary inspector for three
consecutive weeks.
3. If after three inspections no infestation is found no
further steps to be taken.
4. If there is infestation, disinfection shall be carried
out weekly for three consecutive weeks by the disinfecting
staff. This will necessitate the tenants
leaving the house for two hours on each occasion.
In addition the householders will be given a cream
composed of mercurial ointment and turpentine to
smear in joints of bedsteads and visible cracks or
crevices in all articles. They will also receive
solution D to spray all articles during the last week.
Two additional disinfections are advocated in order to
kill off young bugs which have hatohed out of eggs which
have survived.
It should be understood that even by carrying out
this very full procedure complete disinfestation cannot be
guaranteed when the people remove to their new home.
Some bugs behind skirting boards, etc., may have survived
the bombardment and also others may immigrate from a
neighbouring house before all articles are removed. There
may also be some hidden beneath the paper on the back of
pictures which the tenant does not wish to destroy.
If a scheme as outlined is adopted the Council can be
satisfied that they have done everything they could do. At
the same time tenants entering new flats from infested
houses should be informed of the possibility of their taking
in one or two bugs or their eggs and impressed with the
need of co-operation with the Council by continuing to keep
a watchful eye for any sign of re-infestation. Only by the
tenants diligently carrying out this advice and taking every
precaution against spread will they be ensured of freedom
from infestation.
Your obedient servant,
V. Borland.
21th October, 1932.
Spraying Machines.
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