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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 contagious disease:-
Rooms disinfected 774
Bedding and clothing disinfected 11,428 articles
Bedding and clothing destroyed 73 articles
Public Library (including routine disinfection) and
other books disinfected 11,549
(b) For the destruction of vermin:-
Rooms disinfested 449
Bedding, clothing, etc. destroyed 1,953 articles
Beds, mattresses, blankets, etc. treated in cyanide
gas chambers 125 articles
Furniture treated in cyanide gas chambers (including 24
loads treated on behalf of Tottenham Borough Council) 41 van loads
Disinfested by other means 2,115 articles
(c) For disinfection prior to export by private firms:-
Clothing 642,587 articles
Cotton Waste 10 sacks
Rags 27,228 lbs.
Felt hats 1,103 lbs
Wooden packing cases 123
Bristles 8 cases
(d) Sundry articles of bedding, floor coverings, etc.
cleansed, dried or disinfected 84 articles
(e) Bombed sites cleared (material burned and buried on site) 105 occasions
Material removed from bombed sites 97 bins and
17 van loads
Articles removed from bombed sites 227 articles
(f) Materials removed from private homes 261 bins and
267 van loads
(g) Miscellaneous:-
Wasps destroyed 49 nests
Bees destroyed 2 swarms
Cloth cuttings dried 7 sacks
Outside walls and gardens sprayed with Malathion 2 premises
INCINERATOR. A large modern brick-built incinerator is available for the
destruction of unwholesome materials, unsound foods, etc.
LAUNDRY This section is well equipped for dealing with the laundry of
incontinent persons. In addition, it provides for the laundering of certain
articles of clothing following disinfection, as well as for towels, overalls,
etc, in use at the Station The agreement whereby articles of clothing and
bedding from the London County Council Welfare Centres and Day Nurseries in
Hackney were laundered, terminated on the 31st March, 1959.
For the disinfection of secondhand clothing prior to export private firms
paid a sum of £485 4s, 11d. In addition the sum of £320 3s, Id was received
in respect of disinfection and/or disinfestation of rooms, furniture and other
articles, and charges for the removal and destruction of unwanted articles
from various premises and sites totalled £387 13s. 1d.
SUPPLY OF DISINFECTANTS AND INSECTICIDES. All necessary disinfectants
were issued free to cases of infectious disease, including tuberculosis.
Disinfectants, insecticides, etc, were, as in former years, on sale to the
Public in the departmental depot at Hillman Street, and the sales of these
Products totalled £936 13s. 6d. in the year under review; this service will be
discontinued on the 31st March, 1960.