View report page

16
ERADICATION OF BUGS
In the case of 18 Council flats and 97 other houses,
bugs were found and remedial measures were taken. Arrangements were
also made in the case of 6 new entrants to the Council's flats for
routine disinfestation of their furniture by means of cyanide gas by
arrangement with the Islington Borough Council.
CLEANSING OF VERMINOUS PERSONS:
The London County Council continued to utilize the
Cleansing Station for the treatment of school-children during mornings
only, the afternoons being reserved for dealing with Finsbury adults
and pre-school children. 3,275 treatments were given during the year
to L.C.C. school-children and 1,677 treatments to all other cases.
Homo visiting of scabies cases and contacts was
continued and the Nurse-in-charge of the Cleansing Station made 330
home visits during the year.
SHOPS:
The number of inspections made under the Shops Act,
1934 during 1945 was 102.
RAG FLOCK: The number of samples of Rag Flock taken during the year was 2.
CANAL BOATS :
The total number of canal boats inspected during the year
was 71, none of which carried any offensive cargo. Contravention of
statutory requirements had taken place in 14 instances. There was no
discovery or notification of infectious disease. The number of children
on the boats 39, of whom 23 were of school age.
AGED AND INFIRM PERSONS:
No application for compulsory removal to hospital was
made during the year. Aged persons known to the Department to be living
alone are visited periodically to ensure that institutional treatment or
care is obtained if necessary. There were at the end of the year 12
perrons on the register kept for the purpose, to whom 91 visits were made.
STREET TRADERS:
67 visits were made to the premises of street traders
dealing in foodstuffs.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES:
There is one Common Lodging House in the Borough,
situate at No.BB Old Street, and the number of visits made by the
Sanitary Inspector was 20.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS:
At the end of the year there were 488 houses on the
Register and 620 visits were made in connection with the Houses Let in
Lodgings Byelaws.