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of £364 2s. 6d. was received in respect of disinfection and disinfestation of
rooms, furniture and other articles, and £259 19s. l1d. was received for the
removal of articles from various premises and sites.
SUMMARY OP DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION WORK, The following is
• a summary of disinfection and disinfestation work carried out during the year
at the Station and elsewhere:-
(a) After the occurrence of infectious and oontagious disease:-
Rooms disinfected 744
Bedding and clothing disinfected 16,544 articles
Bedding and clothing destroyed 83 articles
Public Library (including routine disinfection) and
other books disinfected 14,051
(b) For the destruction of vermin:-
Rooms disinfested 315
Bedding, clothing, etc. destroyed 1,244 articles
Beds, mattresses, blankets, etc. treated in cyanide gas
chambers 390 articles
Furniture treated in cyanide gas chambers (including 18
loads treated on behalf of Tottenham Borough
Council) 64 van loads
Disinfested by other means 2,300 articles
(c) For disinfection prior to export by private firms:-
Clothing 1,128,850 articles
Bristles 15 cases
Straw envelopes 300 bundles
Old boots 5 tons
Hatters' felt waste 24 tons
Wooden packing cases 37 cases
(d) Sundry articles of bedding, etc., cleansed, dried or
disinfected 44 articles
(e) Bombed sites cleared (material burned and buried on site) 87 occasions
Material removed from bombed sites 135 bins and
8 van loads
Articles removed from bombed sites 110 articles
(f) Material removed from private homes 219 bins and
165 van loads
(g) Miscellaneous -
Wasps destroyed 23 nests
Bees destroyed 17 swarms
Static water tanks (sprayed) 3 tanks
Boxes of apricots (cyanide chamber hired for Methyl
Bromide Treatment) 2 van loads
Onions destroyed 20 sacks
Tinned food destroyed 10 boxes
Veneer (HCN treatment for Woodworm) 2 cases and
173 bundles
(h) Disinfection for other authorities:-
Sterilisers (containing towels and dressings) 23
Articles of bedding 35
Mattresses 2
SUPPLY OF DISINFECTANTS AND INSECTICIDES. Stocks of various disinfectants,
insecticides, rat poisons, etc., are kept in the departmental depot in Hillman
Street. Disinfectants are issued free to cases of infectious disease,
including tuberculosis Various preparations are on sale to the public, and
these sales totalled £843 12s 6d in the year under review.