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sealing and fumigating with a formalin preparation; clothing, bedding and other infected
articles remaining in the room for disinfection.
Lists of premises, articles, etc., disinfected during the year:—
Rooms 3 Books 100
Beds 20 Eiderdowns 15
Blankets 42 Pillows 25
Sheets 40
Lists of premises disinfested from vermin during the year:—
Bug infestation 26 rooms with beds and bedding
Flea infestation 12 rooms
Fly infestation 7 rooms
Cockroach infestation 6 rooms
In addition, 23 wasp nests were destroyed.
Smallpox Disinfection
In the event of smallpox occurring within the district and disinfection being required
on a considerable scale, arrangements have been made whereby this could be carried out.
An agreement was made with the North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board
whereby in such an event the staff of St. John's Hospital, Uxbridge, would carry out this
work.
Provision of Antitoxin and Vaccine Lymph
The Council provides diphtheria antitoxin free to local practitioners in the district.
This antitoxin is obtained from the Public Health Department during office hours and
by direct request to the Medical Officer of Health at other times. In the event of emergency
supplies of vaccine lymph being required, they are obtainable at very short notice.
Scabies and Lice
During 1960, five cases of infestation with scabies and one of pediculosis pubis, and
one alleged to be verminous but no vermin found, were brought to the Public Health
Department for cleansing. Baths and treatment were arranged at Hammersmith Cleansing
Station by courtesy of Hammersmith Borough Council.
Table XI gives details of head inspections in schools. The number of inspections
during 1960 was nearly double those of 1959, and showed a heavy increase in the number
of infestations. This deterioration shows the need for continuous vigilance, and that
the louse is still an insect to be reckoned with. It is to be hoped that all adult contacts
of infested school children submit themselves for examination and treatment, as was
the case when there was a Cleansing Station in Southall.
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