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General inspections for vermin 1,519
Attempted visits 443
No. of premises found verminous 431
No. of re-visits 405
No. of miscellaneous visits 698
No. of premises sprayed 872
No. of rooms sprayed 1,759 +
(+) Including 329 rooms dealt with at the request
of Sanitary Inspectors.
As a precautionary measure the furniture and effects of
all families transferred to Borough Council dwellings are
treated, prior to removal, with hydrogen cyanide at the
Council's Disinfestation Station, 42 Narrow Street. The
furniture and effects of 262 such families were treated
during the year.
In addition, disinfestation by steam and formaldehyde was
carried out on twenty-two occasions during the year of the
furniture and effects of families rehoused by the London
County Council.
Many treatments were also carried out for infestations of
cockroaches, beetles, ants, silverfish and the like.
Charges for miscellaneous disinfestations carried out during
the year amounted to £186.
The specialist inspector is unable in many cases to gain
entry during normal hours into dwellings for the purpose of
inspection, because so many wives of tenants are out at work.
Accordingly arrangements are made for evening inspections,
when the occupants of the dwellings return home from work.
38 such inspections were carried out during the year.
Verminous Persons.
The number of lice infested persons bathed and whose
clothing was disinfested at Branch Road Cleansing Station was
as follows:-
Males Females Children
421 48 18 = Total 487.
The number of baths and treatments given amounted to 536.
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