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for this district, Wo are constantly asked to assist various
householdeTs, and tills help has always been readily given, your
Sanitary Inspectors co-operating with the Middlesex County Officer.
Smoke abatement.
There are no factories within the district using coal fired
boilers, and no action has been necessary.
Swimming baths baths pools.
There are no public Swimming Baths or Pools within the
district, nor any attached to Restaurants or Road Houses.
Eradication of bed bugs.
The department continues to give assistance and advice in
keeping premises free from vermin, and there has been a marked decrease
in the number of such premises brought to our notice.
1. Number of Council houses found to be infested 0
" " " " disinfested 0
Number of other houses found to be infested 1
" " " " disinfested 1
2. The methods employed for freeing infested houses from bed bugs.
Stripping of all wall and ceiling papers, removal of picture
rails, skirting boards, architraves and other woodwork; spraying
of walls, ceilings, floor and woodwork with an insecticide,
followed by fumigation with a gas non-toxic to human beings.
3. The methods employed for ensuring that the belongings of tenants
are free from vermin before removal to Counnil houses.
Great care in selecting tenants is exercised, but no routine
inspection or precautionary treatment of furniture undertaken.
4. Whether the work of disinfestation is carried out by the Local
Authority or by a Contractor.
The Council's workmen carry out the disinfestation of the Council
houses. Disinfestation of privately owned houses is performed by
men employed by the owner under the direction of the Public
Health Department.
5. The measures taken by way of supervision or education of tenants to
prevent infostati on or re-infestation after cleansing.
Repeated visits are made to the houses after disinfestation has
been carried out, to ensure that the treatment has been