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Fifty-seven complaints regarding this pest were received and
during the year some 41 nests were destroyed, mainly by means of
HCN gas generated from purpose-made proprietary powder. This
was an incease of 25 over last year.

Thirty-three requests for spraying for other reasons such as
bad smells, offensive deposits, etc., were met by a further 55 treatments to 103 rooms and 17 external areas.
Precautionary Spraying. During the year, 506 requests were
received for the collection and disposal of unwanted bedding,
furniture and miscellaneous household effects. In each instance
the items were sprayed as a precautionary measure prior to removal
by the Borough Engineer's refuse disposal section and this involved
the treatment of a further 514 rooms and 186 external areas.
Aged, Infirm and Physically Incapacitated Persons.—
One of the most pressing problems of today and one which in
future years will intensify, is that of old age. In primitive societies
old age was rare and, as a consequence, was an honoured estate,
but today with all the advantages of modern science and medicine,
it has become commonplace and commands little respect.
Animals have no hopes or aspirations and their allotted
span of life apparently occasions them no anxiety. It is only in
man that we find an insatiable desire for a longer life, etc., and,
accompanying advances in culture, education, affluence, etc., and,
naturally, these are unattainable without the preservation of health.