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Cleansing and Disinfecting Station
Cleansing, disinfection and disinfestation are carried out at the Department's Depot in Hornsey
High Street, N.8. In addition to routine disinfection work bundles of articles are disinfected prior to
despatch abroad. Bathing and treatment of verminous persons and scabies patients are carried out at the
Station.
The Depot is also the place from which the general assistants and rodent operatives work and
equipment and poisons are stored there. Services to the public for health matters where other facilities
are not available are provided by the Council when the need arises. A recent example of this is the
provision of the special equipment referred to earlier in this Report, for dealing with flooding in premises.
Laundry Services for the Incontinent
During 1966, 1,844 bundles of soiled articles were cleansed and laundered. With the co-operation
of the Tottenham Group Hospital Management Committee, the laundering of these articles has now been
transferred completely to the St. Ann's Hospital laundry. Collections and deliveries are undertaken by
the Department's general assistants.
Patients requiring this service are normally referred by general medical practitioners, home nurses
or home help organising staff.
Insect Pe sts
The Department gives free assistance to householders in securing the elimination of insect pests.
Non-domestic premises are also treated on request but a charge is made to cover the cost of the service.
The following is a summary of treatments carried out in 1966:-
Premises Treated
Insect Pest Houses Other Premises
Ants 51 10
Beetles and Cockroaches 112 23
Bugs 107 3
Fleas 41 2
Flies and Bluebottles 13 1
Wasps 178 7
Others 62 6
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Total charges for treatment of the other premises - £33. 8s. 8d.
Mortuary
The Public Mortuary is situated in Myddleton Road, Hornsey, N.8. and is used for the reception of
bodies from the whole of the Borough. During 1966, 384 bodies were received into Hornsey mortuary and
380 post-mortem examinations were carried out.
Noise Nuisances
There has been an appreciable increase in the general background noise in cities during the last
twenty years. The continuing increase in mechanisation undoubtedly adds to this volume. It is therefore
imperative that all reasonable steps shouldbe taken at all times, particularly by commercial and industrial
undertakings, to secure the elimination, reduction or containment of noise arising from the useof
mechanical equipment.
All complaints of excessive and unreasonablenoisewhicharereceivedarevery closely investigated
including, where appropriate, measurement at any hour of the day or night of the offending and intruding
noise nuisance. Where reasonably practicable, appropriate action is requestedto secure the elimination,
reduction or containment of the noise.
It i s considered that this aspect of modern living in towns will need to receive even more attention
inthe future with a view to suppressing noise arising from vehicular traffic, structural engineering works
and road breaking and demolition operations.
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