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27
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS.
Particulars are given below of action taken during the year in
the case of dwellings found on inspection to be bug-infested.
(i) Disinfestation of houses.
The number of infested houses dealt with was 30. Of this
number 4 were Council houses, and 26 were houses not owned by the
Council.
Disinfestation of the 4 Council houses was carried out by the
staff of the Public Health Department. Vermicine was employed in
the case of 3 of these houses ; fumigation with sulphur dioxide was
the method employed in the case of the remaining house.
In the case of the 26 houses in which disinfestation was carried
out by the owners, advice was given by officers of the Public Health
Department as to the most suitable action to be taken in each particular
case in dealing with the premises.
During 1937 hydrogen cyanide was not employed for the disinfestation
of any house.
(it) Disinfestation of household effects (excluding bedding).
No rehousing under the slum clearance programme was carried
out durin; 1937, and accordingly no disinfestation of household effects
by hydrogen cyanide was undertaken.
(ii) Disinfestation of bedding and bedclothing.
In all cases disinfestation of bug-infested bedding and bedclothing
has been carried out by steam-disinfection at the Council's
Disinfecting Station.