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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wood Green 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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| Articles dealt with for tenants moving into Council houses | 258 | |
| ,, dealt with for families moved from a Slum Clearance Area | 340 | |
| 1,151 | ||
| 4,491 | ||
| Total number of articles destroyed.. | 346 | |
| The number of rooms disinfected was as follows:— Rooms disinfected after tuberculosis | 47 | |
| ,, ,, ,, other infectious diseases | 301 | |
| ,, ,, ,, cancer | 11 | |
| 359 | ||
| ,, treated for vermin | 243 | |
| 243 | ||
| 602 |
It will be seen from the particulars given above that during
the year a very considerable amount of time and labour has been
devoted to the work of disinfestation of verminous property and
household effects. There has, unfortunately been a very definite
increase during the past few years in this as in other districts of
bug-infestation of houses, and a great deal of work has in consequence
been thrown on the Health Department. For several years
we had a great deal of trouble with bug-infestation of Council
houses, and in my report for 1934 I described in detail the
method which we had found to be generally successful in dealing
with the problem. The same method is now in general use in
dealing with houses belonging to private owners. In these, the
owner is required to remove the woodwork of the infested rooms,
i.e., the skirting boards, architraves, picture-rails etc., while
the actual spraying and fumigation is done by the Health Department,
and the bedding disinfested at the Council's disinfecting