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DISINFESTATION OP VERMINOUS ROOMS, Architraves and skirting boards are eased
from the walls, a Vermicine spray (!4 gallon to 1,000 cubic feet) is used and
doors and windows are kept closed for two hours.
CONTROL OP INSECT PESTS, Cockroaches, ants silver fish, etc., are treated
with Gammexane powder OR a mixture of D. D. T. and Pyrethrum powders
The following is a summary of disinfection and disinfestation work carried
out at the Station and elsewhere: -
(a) After the occurrence of infectious and contagious disease-
Rooms disinfected 919
Bedding and clothing disinfected 21,487 articles
Bedding and clothing destroyed 101"
Public Library and other books disinfected 16,109
(b) For the destruction of vermin-
Rooms disinfested 456
Bedding., clothing, etc destroyed 1, 356 articles
Beds mattresses blankets, etc., treated in cyanide
gas chambers 1,079
Furniture treated in cyanide gas chambers (including
9 loads treated on behalf of Tottenham Borough
Council 48 van loads
Disinfested by other means 1,949 articles
(c) For disinfection prior to export by private firms-
Clothing 811,861 articles
Miscellaneous clothing 3½ tons
Felt hats 28,701
Sacks 13,620
Straw envelopes 2,191 bundles
Coconut matting 26 bales
Hatter's felt waste 23 tons
(d) Miscel1aneous-
Bedding dried and aired 27 articles
Unwholesome articles destroyed 122 van loads
142 bins
Bombed sites cleared (material burned and buried on
site) 58
Wasps destroyed 12 nests
Bees destroyed 4 swarms
Static water tanks (sprayed) 5 tanks
Carpets and mats dried 32 articles
Articles dried after flooding 213"
In certain circumstances, excluding infectious disease, charges are made
for the disinfection and disinfestation of rooms, furniture and other articles
For these services £303 5s. 9d. was collected, including £155 10s. 4d. from the
Council's Housing Department in respect of work carried out at the request of
that Department In addition, a sum of £162 19s. 9d. was received for the
removal of articles from various premises and sites.
It will be noted that large quantities of secondhand clothing were, prior
to export, disinfected at the request of private firms. For this service a
sum of £l,479 4s. 4d. was received
disinfectants and insecticides. Stocks of disinfectants, insecticides,
rat poisons etc, , are stored in the departmental depot in Hillman Street
No charge is made for disinfectants issued to cases of infectious disease,
including tuberculosis Various preparations are on sale to the public, and
sales of disinfectants, insecticides and rat poison during the year totalled
£826 10s. l0d.