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53 1938
details of which are set out in the " Instructions to the Officer in Charge " given later
in these notes. The Sanitary Inspector visits the house from which the family is
moving, sees all bedding placed in the Council's van and satisfies himself that nothing
which is required for sleeping purposes that night is placed in the contractor's van.
The bedding is taken to the Council's disinfecting station, disinfected by steam,
and delivered at the new home. The furniture and effects are loaded into the contractor's
van, which is driven to the disinfestation station and placed in the chamber.
The Sanitary Inspector directs operations until the gas has been released and a time
fixed for the duration of the disinfestation. When the period of disinfestation has
elapsed, the disinfector releases the gas from the chamber by operating the exhaust
fans and opening up the outlet and inlet shafts. The Sanitary Inspector tests the
gas concentration and decides when it is safe for the van to be removed from inside
the chamber to the outer airing compartment, and later for the contents to be
delivered at the new address. While the disinfested goods are being delivered, the
Sanitary Inspector visits and arranges for all soft goods, clothing, etc., to be placed
in a spare room, which is locked and sealed with a " Danger " notice until the following
morning, when the Inspector again visits, tests the contents of the room and issues
a certificate to the Caretaker that the articles may be released for use.
Since work commenced at this station the following disinfestations have been
carried out:—
Furniture of families removed to Council owned flats 85 van-loads
,, ,, privately owned flats 21 ,,
106
Two small privately owned articles of furniture were also disinfested.
In addition to the above, 24 van-loads of furniture belonging to families removed
from demolition areas, and 13 van-loads of furniture belonging to persons removed
to flats in Islington owned by the Islington and Finsbury Housing Association, were
disinfested by contractors prior to the commencement of operations at the Council's
Disinfestation Station.
The following summary shows the total number of bundles of bedding
disinfested at the Council's Disinfecting Station during the year:—
Removal to Council's flats 434
„ Islington & Finsbury Housing Association flats 112
546
After disinfestation of Council's flats 28
,, ,, Rooms, L.C.C. 6
„ Private Houses 43
Total 623
Instructions to the Officer in Charge at the Disinfestation
Chamber.
Preliminary. Open steam valves, close slides to apertures inside chamber, and
get temperature inside chamber up to 65 F. at least.
Shut and screw down air inlet covers, also test holes.
Shut and screw down cover of exhaust shaft.