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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Eradication of Red Bugs.
Summary of the Work done by the Special Inspectors for Disinfestation.
| Council Properties. | Private Properties. | Premises Inspected. |
|---|---|---|
| Number of premises reported to Public Health Committee (P. H. (L.) A., 1936).. | — | 310 |
| Number of premises found to be infested . | 58 | 567 |
| Number of premises disinfested | 55 | 451 |
| Number of premises inspected | 237 | 884 |
| Number of premises re-inspected after disinfestation | 5 | 897 |
| Miscellaneous visits and calls | 2,140 | 833 |
| Total numbers of visits | 2,482 | 2,614 |
| Fumigations to 55 Council tenements | 186 | — |
| ,, to 300 private tenements | — | 579 |
| Sprayings to Council tenements | — | — |
| ,, to 151 private tenements | — | 378 |
| Total treatments | 186 | 957 |
| Number of rooms to which treatments were applied | 462 | 749 |
| Beds, bedding, etc., by steam disinfection | 20,786 | 3,201 |
| ,, ,, by spraying with insecticide | — | 6,014 |
| Furniture, by HCN in transit to Council tenements | 3.772 | – |
| ,, by spraying with insecticide or by blowlamp | 293 | 4,086 |
| Miscellaneous articles (includes pictures, leather goods, crockery, wireless sets, etc.) | — | 14,686 |
| Totals of articles treated | 24.851 | 27,987 |