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CLOSET ACCOMMODATION
The whole of the district is on the water carriage system, the
houses being drained to the public sewer, then treated at the
works of the Wandle Valley Joint Sewerage Board.
PUBLIC CLEANSING
A weekly collection of house refuse is carried out by direct
labour. Eight refuse collection vehicles are in use.
A weekly collection of salvage is also made, two vehicles being
used for this purpose.
Pig food is collected twice weekly, except for the months of
June, July and August, when a daily collection is made.
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS
Number of Council houses found infested during the year,
100.
Number of other houses found infested during the year, 8.
Number of requisitioned, etc., houses found infested during
the year, 4.
Total number of houses disinfested during the year, 116.
Methods employed:—
8 houses treated with sulphur dioxide.
108 houses treated with insecticide spray (inclusive of
rooms treated on more than one occasion).
No private house was treated by the Council staff, but
advice was given and material supplied at cost price on request in
respect of 8 houses.
Number of houses disinfested for beetles, 107.
Number of houses disinfested for spiders and other
insects, 12.