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paddling. The water is kept pure by restricting entry
to the main pool except through foot baths, and the
modern system of purification by circulation of water
through filters, automatic treatment with chlorine and
ammonia gas and final oxygenation in the heating
chamber and the cascade.
Samples of water have been taken by this Department
from time to time, and the results of bacteriological
examination have been satisfactory on each occasion.
Results.
No. of organisms per c.c. capable of B. Coli
growing on agar at (presumptive)
37° C. 22° C.
Deep end 0 0.12 Absent
Shallow end 0.2 0.5 Absent
(vii) Eradication of Bed Bugs.
No alterations in the methods outlined in the report
of 1987 have been made.
No. of Corporation No. of other houses
houses infested infested with bugs 3
with bugs 1
Disinfested 1 Disinfested 3
Result: Good. Results : Good.
In cases of mild infestation only, it has been found
that fumigation of one or more rooms (in some instances
once only), has been sufficient to obtain good results,
and to clear the house of vermin.
Corporation houses. Other houses.
One room only 4 Three rooms only 4
Two rooms only 2
10 families were transferred from properties to be
demolished, and their furniture, etc., was disinfested bv
HCN in vans by a contractor.
Visits by the Sanitary Inspectors are made at
intervals after disinfestations to determine whether the
treatment has been efficacious, and to instruct the tenant
how to maintain freedom from vermin.
(viii) Camping Sites.
A camp site used by Rover Scouts and Woodcraft
Folk, in Hall Place, was kept under observation, but was
not used over such a period as to come within the operation
of Section 269 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
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