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ERADICATION OF BED BUGS
Number of Council houses found infested during year 77
Number of other houses found infested during the year 6
Number of houses disinfested during the year 86
Number of Council houses disinfested by Council staff 77
Number of requisitioned, etc., houses disinfested by
Council staff 6
Number of Council houses disinfested by contractors nil
Methods employed:—
77 houses treated with sulphur dioxide (Cescones).
69 rooms treated with insecticide spray (Lethane)
(inclusive of rooms treated on more than one
occasion).
No private houses are treated by the Council staff,
but advice is given and material supplied at
cost price on request.
Number of private houses disinfested by owners or
occupiers after notice 9
SCHOOLS
The supervision of the public elementary schools is under
the control of the Education Department of the Surrey County
Council.
The sanitary fittings, etc., however, are inspected periodically
by the sanitary inspector. All schools have a constant
supply of water from the mains of the Metropolitan Water Board.
Medical Inspection.—The medical inspection of school
children is carried out by the Education Department of the
Surrey County Council.
Closure of Schools.—No school has been closed by the local
authority during the year.
Infectious Diseases.—Scholars in contact with a case of
infectious disease are excluded from school, the period of the
exclusion being that set out in the memorandum of the County
School Medical Officer to the Surrey Education Committee. The
head teacher of the school concerned is always notified of this
exclusion and the reason for same.