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Authentication of Certificates of Vaccination and
Inoculation.
A person proceeding abroad is required in certain
countries to produce a certificate of recent successful
vaccination and inoculation. The medical signatures of
104 such certificates were authenticated by me during the
year.
Disinfection.
371 premises were disinfected because of infectious
disease, of which 29 were for pulmonary tuberculosis.
184,051 articles of clothing and bedding were steam
disinfected, and of these 164,79° related, to articles for
export, for which 426 certificates were issued.
Disinfestation (Bed Bugs and other insect pests).
The following is a summary of work carried out by the
specialist inspectors"
General inspections for vermin 1,717
No. of premises found verminous 417
No. of revisits 940
No. of miscellaneous visits 1,436
No. of premises sprayed 1,096 (251 Borough
Council property)
No. of rooms sprayed +2,394 (657 do. )
+ Including 976 rooms dealt with at request of
District Sanitary Inspectors.
As a precautionary measure the furniture and Effects of
all families- entering Borough Council dwellings are treated
with Hydrogen Cyanide.
The furniture and effects of 417 families rehoused
during the year in Borough Council houses and flats were
treated, prior :-to removal, with Hydrogen Cyanide Gas at the
Councils Disinfestation Station, 42 Narrow Street, E.14.
The bedding in the above cases was treated by steam.
Verminous Persons.
The number of persons,bathed and whose clothing was
disinfected at the Branch Road Cleansing Station was as
follows:-
Males Females Children - Total
304 38 12 354
The number of baths and treatments given amounted to 395.
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