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being rehoused in Borough Council dwellings were, as a precautionarymeasure,
treated with hydrogen cyanide at the Council's Disinfestation
Station, 42 Narrow Street, E.14. The Council decided in May that in
future this treatment need be carried out only in those cases where
the furniture and/or effects were found to be verminous. The furniture
and effects of 82 families were treated by hydrogen cyanide during the
year.
In addition, disinfestation by steam and formaldehyde was carried
out on 109 occasions 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
250 27 1 - Total 278.
The number of baths and treatments given amounted to 288.
Attendances of schoolchildren at London County Council Bathing
Centres numbered 13,787 in 1957, compared with 34,110 in 1950.
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