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DISINFECTION
The following is a summary of the work carried out by the
staff of the Wanless Road Disinfecting Station :
Number of premises sprayed in which cases of
Infectious Disease have occurred 368
Number of rooms included in abcve 445
Total number of rooms sprayed for all purposes 2,539
Number of articles disinfected 12,127
Number of library books disinfected 716
Number of disinfection certificates issued 236
DISINFESTION
Bed Bugs
Number of houses visited 287
Number of rooms sprayed 913
Number of houses revisited 81
The rooms were sprayed with a preparation of 5 per cent
D.D.T. with Pyrethrum as a '•"knockdown".
The total number of visits made by the staff of the Disinfecting
Station for all purposes was 4,103.
There were many complaints during the year of insect infest,
ation. The. usual offenders were wood boring beetle, ants,
cockroaches, drug store beetles, carpet beetles, clothes moths,
weevils, clover mites and silver fish.
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS
ACT, 1949
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