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(2) Disinfection in conenction with Non-Notifiable Infectious and
Non -Infectious Diseases'.—
(a) Disinfection of rooms and bedding, without charge, after
certain cases of Non-Notifiable Disease:—
Number of rooms fumigated 180
Number of articles disinfected by steam 1,099
Number of articles destroyed 415
(b) Disinfection of rooms and bedding, on request, after cases of
Non -Notifiable Disease (charge 5s.):—
Number of rooms fumigated 47
Number of articles disinfected by steam 639
Amount received in respect thereof £11 15s.
(3) Disinfestation:—
Eradication of Bed Bugs:—
(i) Number of premises found to be infested:
(a) Council Houses 7
(b) Church Army Housing Estate 24
(c) Other Houses 80
All these premises were disinfested.
Total number of rooms disinfested.. 384
Total number of articles disinfested 164
(ii) Methods employed:
Owners of infested premises requested to strip
walls and remove woodwork from wall surfaces;
spraying with "Ris" insecticide and fumigation with
sulphur, repeated where necessary; removal of bedding,
as required, for steam disinfection.
(iii) Methods employed for ensuring that the belongings of
tenants are free from vermin before removal to Council
houses:
Premises occupied by intending tenants, together
with the contents thereof, are inspected by the Sanitary
Inspectors prior to removal to Council houses, while,
in cases where the incoming tenant resides outside the
Borough, a report is obtained from the Medical Officer
of Health of the district concerned. No case requiring
the disinfestation of incoming tenant's belongings
occurred during 1936. Any Council house found to be
infested after vacation by an outgoing tenant is disinfested
by the Surveyor's Department before being
reoccupied.
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