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DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.
The following is a summary of the work carried out by the
disinfection staff during the year
(а) After the occurrence of infectious and contagious diseases:
Number of rooms disinfected 979
Number of articles of bedding and clothing
disinfected or destroyed 34,457
Number of Public Library and other books
disinfected 4,998
Number of persons accommodated in the
isolation shelters —
(b) for the destruction of vermin:
Number of rooms disinfested 1,142
Number of articles destroyed 938
Number of beds, mattresses, blankets, etc.,
treated in cyanide gas chambers 1,379
Number of articles disinfested by other
means 5,281
Number of van loads of furniture treated in
cyanide gas chambers 176
During the year the Council undertook at the request of the
Tottenham Borough Council the treatment by cyanide gas of the
furniture and effects of persons removing into housing accommodation
on the Council's estates. A total of 77 van loads (included
in the figure of 176 mentioned above) were dealt with under this
arrangement.
In addition 31 van loads and 200 dustbins of verminous and
unwholesome articles were removed to the Disinfecting Station
for destruction.
The cyanide gas chambers were also used for the destruction
of weevil in 3 seed bins.
The following additional work was also carried out at the
Disinfecting Station:—
7,500 blankets (export).
The staff of the disinfecting station have removed 7 van loads
of rubbish, 123 dustbins of rubbish and 10miscellaneous items from
bombed sites in the Borough in those cases where responsibility for
the deposits could not be placed upon the owners of the land or other