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vermin, for which purpose sulphur has been found effective. For the extermination
of bugs, in addition all the architrave mouldings and skirting boards behind
which they breed are removed, and the walls washed with hot lime, and in certain
cases special insecticide fluids or sulphur dioxide were employed.

Work at the Disinfecting Station.—35,675 large articles of bedding,
etc., as detailed below, were disinfected by the steam disinfectors, at the Council's
Disinfecting Station, compared with 46,683 similar articles disinfected during the
previous year.
In addition to the above articles 50,783 second-hand garments were disinfected
for clothing contractors trading in the Borough, who paid the Council for
the work, amounting to the sum of £42 4s. 0d.
Altogether 86,458 articles described in the two paragraphs preceding were
disinfected. Since the disinfection station was established 2,549,381 large articles
have been disinfected.