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A Food Sub-Committee has been formed and meetings have
been held to discuss ways and means of securing the active cooperation
of the Food traders and to instruct Food handlers in
hygienic methods of handling foodstuffs.
PETROLEUM ACTS 1928.
Visits made 111
Licences for which applications for renewal were made
during the year:—
(a) Petroleum Spirit 50
Licences transferred during the year 1
New licences issued during the year 4
Premises under Government control and not subject to
licence by the Local Authority 1

The total costs recovered from the disinfection and disinfesttation
of rooms during the year amount to £52 2s. 6d.
DESTRUCTION OF INSECT PESTS IN THE HOME.
Bugs: During the year 49 houses, involving 110 rooms were
treated by the Department for the destruction of bed bugs. The
treatment consisted of spraying the walls, furniture and bedsteads
with a 5% solution of D.D.T. in kerosene. Respraying, particularly
after redecoration of the rooms, is effective in preventing a
recurrence.
Cockroaches: 5% and 10% D.D.T. Powder has a marked
effect in eradicating these pests from properties. The product
"Gammaxane" has been added to the Department's list of lethal
powders and is also giving excellent results,