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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Tottenham 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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In this table, the original degree of infestation is indicated as follows:—
* .. Infested, but bugs not evident on cursory examination. ** .. Badly infested, bugs evident.
*** .. Very badly infested, bugs abundant and immediately obvious. **** .. (One exceptionally bad case).
| Treatment. | Individual houses in undermentioned Roads. | Original Infestation Category. | Observation at Inspection. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 week later. | 3 weeks later. | |||
| D.D.T. & Kerosene | Albert Road | **** | 1 live bug in back room. | No live bugs seen. |
| Edith Road | ** | Live bugs seen by occupier (not by inspector) . | „ „ | |
| Edith Road | ** | „ „ | ||
| Durban Road | ** | No live bugs. | „ „ | |
| Gt.Cambridge Road | ** | „ „ | „ „ | |
| Lorenco Road | * | „ „ | „ „ | |
| Durnford Street .. | * | „ „ | „ „ | |
| D.D.T. emulsion | Durban Road | *** | Live bug found. | 2 bugs found; 1st floor front room. |
| Lorenco Road | ** | Live bugs. | Livebugfound | |
| White Hart Lane .. | * | „ „ | No live bugs. | |
| Edith Road | * | No live bugs. | „ „ | |
| 10% Lethane Special | Edith Road | ** | No live bugs. | Live bug seen. |
| Paignton Road | * | Live bug seen. | No live bugs. | |
| Durban Road | * | No live bugs. | „ „ | |
| Gt.Cambridge Road. | * | „ „ | „ „ | |
| Lorenco Road | * | „ „ | „ „ | |
| Edith Road | * | „ „ | „ „ | |
| D.D.T. smoke. | White Hart Lane ‡ | ** | Live bugs seen. | No live bugs. |
| Lorenco Road | ** | No live bugs. | Live bug on bedding. | |
| Richmond Road .. | * | Live bugs seen. | „ „ | |
| Edith Road | * | No live bugs. | No live bugs. | |
| Lorenco Road | * | „ „ | „ „ | |
‡ Two Moskils per room.
Further inspection results are necessary before definite conclusions can
be drawn from this trial, but the following points seem worthy of note in
the results so far available:—
(i) O.TJ.T. in Kerosene is the only treatment after which no live
bugs were seen at the second inspection.
(ii) The D.D.T. emulsion seems to have given poor results—it is
the worst of the four treatments so far.
(iii) Live bugs seen after treatment are most common in the houses
originally heavily infested.