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sprayed with "Slatford." All bedding is taken away and treated
in the steam disinfector. After fumigation holes are filled and the
walls distempered or lime washed and the repapering left until all
signs of infestation have disappeared. Recently "Keritox" has
been used without the preliminary removal of mouldings with good
effect.
(3) When families are removed from verminous houses in clearance
areas their goods are all treated with hydrogen cyanide in a
pantechnicon under the careful supervision of a sanitary inspector,
with the exception of the bedding, which is treated in a steam
disinfector.
(4) The cyanide part of the process is carried out by contractors.
(5) After disinfestation occupiers are warned to be on the look
out to prevent reinfestation.
Nuisance from Pigeons.
Owing to complaints from many parts of the district of the
nuisance and damage to property caused by pigeons, the Council
reversed their previous decisions and agreed to the employment of
a trapper under the provisions of section 121 Public Health
(London) Act, 1936.
It is unfortunate that the metropolitan boroughs standing joint
committee were unable to find any unanimity for concerted action
on the part of the borough councils, as it is well known that the
birds travel considerable distances from their nests to feeding
grounds. Trapping in one borough is likely therefore to improve
conditions in neighbouring districts whose councils ought to bear
their share.
The council agreed to the trapping of 500 pigeons at first and
then agreed to an expenditure for the year of not more than £50.
The trapper was successful in catching 1,250 birds during the year
which were painlessly destroyed under supervision at the council's
wharf and disposed of as refuse since there is no sale for them.
The cost to the council at sixpence each was £31 5s.