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DISINFECTION
The following is a summary of the work carried out by staff
of the Wanless Road Disinfecting Station :-
Number of premises sprayed in which cases of
Infectious Disease have occurred 534
Number of rooms included in above 585
Total number of rooms sprayed for all purposes 2,324
Number of articles disinfected 14,701
Number of 1ibrary books disinfect 193
Number of Disinfection Certificates issued 139
DISINFESTATION
Bed Bugs
Number of houses visited 228
Number of rooms sprayed 646
Number of houses revisited 46
The rooms were sprayed with a preparation of 5 per cent
D.D. T. with Pyrethrum as a "Knockout".
The total number of visits made by the staff of the Disinfecting
Station for all purposes was 3547.
There were many complaints during the year of insect
infestation. The usual offenders were wood boring beetles, ants,
cockroaches, drug store beetles, carpet beetles, clothes moths,
weevils, clover mites and silver fish.
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949
RODENT CONTROL
Rodent destruction in dwelling houses and business premises
is carried out under the direction of the Rodent Officer, an
Assistant Rodent Officer and a Rodent operative working under
his supervision. Sewer treatment is carried out by the department
of the Borough Engineer in conjunction with the Rodent Officer
and his staff.
In all cases of dwelling houses treatment is undertaken by
the Local Authority free of charge, but in the case of business