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[1923
necessary to kill vermin, for which purpose it has been found most effective. For the
extermination of bugs, however, all the architrave mouldings and skirting boards
behind which they breed are removed, and the walls washed with hot lime.
The above figures also include the disinfection of houses and rooms after Phthisis,
vide p. 28.

Work at the Disinfecting Station.—55,693 large articles of bedding, etc., as
detailed below, were disinfected by the steam disinfectors, at the Council's Disinfecting
Station, compared with 71,148 similar articles disinfected during the previous year.
In addition to the above articles 47,956 second-hand garments and bed blankets
were disinfected for clothing contractors trading in the borough, who paid the Council
for the work, amounting to the sum of £119 14s. 0d.
Altogether, 103,649 articles described in the two paragraphs preceding were disinfected,
which bring the number of large articles disinfected since the disinfecting station was
established to 1,951,490.