[Report 1943] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.

  • Exeter (England). City Council.
Date:
1943
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1943] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    14/44 (page 14)
    {C) Proceedings under sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936 :— (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pur- suance of Demolition Orders (d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936 (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms of which Closing Orders were determined the tenement or room having been rendered fit 4. Housing Act, 1936. Part IV. Overcrowding :—■ (а) (1) No. of dwellings overcrowded at end of year (2) No. of families dwelling therein (3) No. of persons dwelling therein (б) No. of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year (c) (1) No. of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year (2) No. of persons concerned in such cases (d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding 5 i '1 5 i ■] i ■1 9 11 64 9 16 99 ERADICATION OF BED BUGS. 1. {a) No. of Council Houses found .to be infested 24 No. of Council Houses dis-infested 24 ' (b) No. of other houses found to be infested 65 No. of other houses dis-infested 65 2. Methods Employed. Where possession can be obtained, the whole of the interior is fumigated (after easing skirting boards, picture rails, and in some instances floor boards) with flowers of sulphur, to which cayenne pepper is added in the proportion i of 1 oz. of cayenne pepper to 10 lbs. of flowers of sulphur—the same being evenly mixed before ignition. The dose is repeated after the expiration of seven days. Where fumigation cannot be carried out, the treatment : is spraying with Solution “ D/’ obtained from Messrs. R. Sumner & Co., Liverpool.