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DISINFECTION.
Houses Disinfected:-
After infectious disease 310
After Phthisis 43
353
After verminous cases (Non-Council) 64
Vacated Council houses 80
144
497
Rooms stripped and re-papered, etc., after occupation
by cases of infectious disease 5
Ditto, ditto, by cases of Phthisis 1
Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected 2,124
Ditto, ditto, destroyed 59
Library Books disinfected 96
No. of Certificates issued re disinfection of clothing
and premises 18
Number of Schools disinfected 4
Private Patients removed to Hospital 1,808
Gipsy Vans removed from District 17
Articles or parcels of unsound food destroyed or
otherwise disposed of 24
216 vacated Council houses were examined for the presence
of vermin during the year, and in 142 of these houses it was deemed
advisable to carry out a detection test. 80 houses shewed definite
evidence of vermin-37 per cent. of the total.
It is a decision of the Council that before an occupier may
transfer from one Council house to another, the person wishing to
be transferred must, on inspection, be found to be occupying a house
free from vermin.
DISINFESTATION OF VERMINOUS HOUSES.
It is the practice of the Health Department to inspect every
Council house as soon as it becomes vacant, in order to ascertain
if the house be verminous ; where vermin are found the house is
disinfested before being re-let.
The use of Heavy Naphtha was continued through the year
and the results were most encouraging. It is pleasing to know
that at last we see in sight a harmless substitute for Hydrocyanic
Acid Gas.
In spite of continued advice to the contrary there is still a
tendency to buy second-hand furniture not only from shops but
also from neighbours living in infested houses. It is hoped that
in the near future by the use of a specially equipped van and of
Heavy Naphtha some of the infestation carried by second-hand
furniture will be avoided.
The disinfection of verminous clothing and bedding is carried