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Total number of rooms disinfected 425
Total number of articles of bedding,
etc. disinfected 2,178
Total number of articles destroyed 193
Total number of library books
disinfected 174
Total amount received in respect of
disinfection of bedding, by request,
after non-notifiable disease £6. 0. 0.
Number of verminous houses disinfested 159
Number of rooms disinfested 428
In addition to the above, a large number of blankets
and pillows used by the Casualty Services and Auxiliary
Fire Service Personnel have been regularly disinfected.
The number of blankets and pillows disinfected in
this connection during 1940 was as follows:
Casualty Services Personnel
5,367
Auxiliary Fire-Service Personnel
2,165
Homeless Persons
200
7,732
A further duty placed upon the disinfection staff
has been the frequent disinfection of public shelters,
particularly during the period when shelters were in
constant use by large numbers of the public.