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obtained to carry out the measures in the houses necessary to
discourage the entry of the crickets, this man working under the
control of the Public Health Department. (These duties had been
previously undertaken by the workman loaned to the Public Health
Department by the Surveyor's Department.)
"At the moment 96 houses are being visited and being supplied
with pyrethrum powder, 20 of these being regularly sprayed inside
in addition. The fences surrounding the dump have also been
sprayed and numbers of crickets have been killed at these points.
It is also interesting to note that residents in Barrowell Green
report having seen crickets drop from clinker carts leaving the
Destructor. That the crickets are still present in the houses is
evidenced by the fact that approximately 30 crickets were found in
the pyrethrum powder provided at the rear of Xos. 19 to 27
Carpenter Gardens on a visit paid on Monday afternoon,
September 9th.
"While the colder mornings and evenings should tend to discourage
the breeding of crickets it should be remembered that when
fires are lit in the houses and "warm spots" thus created, the
crickets will almost certainly migrate towards the warmth and so
prolong the nuisance.
"Under the circumstances I am of opinion that drastic measures,
such as those previously outlined, should be undertaken with a view
to preventing the further breeding of crickets within the Destructor
premises, and that meantime the preventative, although merely
palliative, measures within the houses themselves should be
continued.
"Up to the present approximately £80 has been spent on
pyrethrum powder, while the wages of the unemployed man amount
to £2—£2 10s. Od. per week"
4. Extract from Preliminary Report on Procedure under
Housing Act, 1935, submitted to the Public Health
Committee, 7th November, 1935.
"I have had several conferences with the Sanitary Inspectors on
this question, and after prolonged discussion have decided to
recommend the inspection of all the property within the Borough
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