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ERADICATION OF BED BUGS.
The number of Council houses disinfested was 12.
The number of other houses disinfested was 82.
The methods employed consist of easing the architraves,
skirtings, stripping of walls, etc., including in bad cases the
opening up of the floors of infested rooms and spraying with a
suitable insecticidal fluid such as Pyagra (Jeyes' preparation)
and Zaldecide (Newton Chambers' preparation).
The beds and bedding are examined and dealt with. If badly
infested, the bedsteads are destroyed. Bedding is treated at the
Council's steam disinfector.
The belongings of tenants to be moved into Council houses
or Hornsey Housing Trust dwellings are examined and, where
considered necessary, treated as previously described.
The work of disinfestation is carried out by the Local
Authority.
Supervision is exercised by the district sanitary inspectors in
all cases and disinfestation carried out by the Council's
disinfecting staff. The sanitary inspectors advise whenever
necessary and several visits are made in every case.
DOG NUISANCE.
Two hundred and six metal plates are affixed to lamp columns
in various parts of the Borough.
During the year 10 more have been fixed and 75 replaced.