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General inspections for vermin 1,201
Attempted visits 275
No. of premises found verminous 217
No. of re-visits 437
No. of miscellaneous visits 846
No. of. premises sprayed 641
No. of rooms sprayed 1441+
(+) Including 112 rooms dealt with at the request of
District 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 393 such families were treated
during the year.
Major structural works were carried out to the river
wall at the Disinfestation Station from July 1954 to April
1955. During this period it was necessary to make special
provisions for carrying out disinfestation by cyanide.
In addition, disinfestation by steam and formaldehyde
was carried out on 34 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.
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 Total
419 25 4 448
The number of baths and treatments given amounted to 463.
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