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Disinfection and Disinfestation.
892 rooms were disinfected after cases of infectious or other disease.
A total of 1,540 rooms were treated for vermin, of which 486 were disinfested
free of charge. The majority of free cases were on behalf of elderly or infirm persons.
The Council make a charge of 7s. 6d. for the first room, and 5s. Od. for every
additional room treated for verminous conditions.
The furniture and bedding of families moving to new Council dwellings were
treated in situ with a preparation of D.D.T. before removal and again when families
took up residence in the new accommodation. The effects of 224 families were so
treated as a precautionary measure.
In addition, 23 treatments for flies were carried out on static water tanks,
bombed sites, etc.
The export of second-hand stockings, etc., continued during the year, and these
were treated at the factory with formalin, under the supervision of the Sanitary
Inspector, to meet the requirements of the South African Authorities.
The Sanitary Inspector paid 161 visits to the factory to supervise the treatment
of 1,209 bales of stockings or other materials for export to that country.
Static water tanks, air-raid shelters, bombed sites, etc.
The Department continued to receive complaints concerning the tipping of
refuse, accumulation of water, and other nuisances in static water tanks or on
bombed or vacant sites. Organic and other refuse such as bedding, etc., was removed
by the Cleansing Superintendent upon requests forwarded by this Department. The
co-operation of the London Fire Brigade continued to be available to pump out
stagnant water from static water tanks.
Details of the action taken are as follows :—
Visits to bombed sites 360
Visits to air-raid shelters and static water tanks 71
Vacant land cleansed 15
Vacant land enclosed 2
Derelict buildings enclosed 3
Static water tanks cleansed 10
Blowfly Infestation.
As in previous years, the treatment with D.D.T. of the sidings at Ashburton
Grove Refuse Disposal Depot continued throughout the summer months, commencing
on the 10th June. This consisted of dusting with D.D.T. powder the large
area of railway track, the broken bottle pit, the surrounding green areas and any
other areas when necessary, if the circumstances required it at the time.