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First floor Flat of 3 rooms: Two bedrooms intercommunicating.—
Small bedroom, father and mother. Second bedroom, applicant,
and sisters 18 and 16 years, in one bed; three boys and one girl, 12,
9, 4, and 7 years, in another bed; boy 14 years, in another bed; boy
1 year in cot. Husband Group 26 for demobilisation from the
Forces.
First floor Flat of 3 rooms.—Small bedroom occupied by boy
17 years, now on leave from Merchant Navy. Small middle room
occupied by father and mother. Front room, applicant and boy
3 years, and sister 23 years, in one bed; two sisters 24 and 16 years
in another bed; and brother 23 years. Husband Group 26 to return
from H.M. Forces.
House of 4 rooms.—Small bedroom, three sisters 18, 12 and 8
years, sharing one bed. Second bedroom, husband and father of
applicant in one bed and four boys, 12, 9 8, and 6 years, sharing
one bed. Third bedroom, mother of applicant, and applicant (an
expectant mother) sharing one bed. Husband discharged from
H.M. Forces with foot wounds sustained in bomb disposal work.
Flat of 4 rooms.—Boy of 17 years sleeping in kitchen. Father
and mother in one bedroom. Brother 38 years, discharged from
H.M. Forces, in another bedroom with applicant's husband. Third
bedroom, Grandmother 80 years, in one bed; applicant, and sister
25 years, in one bed—both expectant mothers and both due in
February, 1946; daughter aged 1 year in cot. Brother-in-law
and brother aged 21 years to come out of the Forces.
House of 4 rooms.—Father and mother in 1 room. Brother, 33
years, suffering from tuberculosis and awaiting sanatoria treatment;
applicant and child 2 years, in one room. Three sisters, 37, 19,
and 16 years, one of whom has been a cripple all her life, in 1 bed in
another room. Husband Group 26, and brother aged 24 years,
shortly to be discharged from H.M. Forces.
Disinfestation.
Work in connection with eradication of vermin has received a
new impetus during the year. The availability of a new and
effective insecticide—"D.D.T."—has led to a series of experiments
being carried out in this Borough, in collaboration with Dr. J. R.
Busvine of the Ministry of Health.