[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary / Public Health Inspector, Peterborough City.

  • Peterborough (England). City Council. nr 94004832.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary / Public Health Inspector, Peterborough City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    83 articles of bedding were removed on ^request from various houses in the City for disinfection after certain diseases, and for which payment has been made; also 421 articles from Military Camps and 182 from Evacuee Billets. The following is a list of all the articles removed and disin¬ fected :— Military. Evacuees Houses. Total. Beds . .. — — 37 37 Blankets 386 180 176 742 Pillows 9 1 161 171 Bolsters — — 37 37 Mattresses — 1 28 29 Counterpanes, etc. — — 66 66 Carpets — — 3 3 Clothing 9 — 22 31 Miscellaneous 17 — 143 160 421 182 673 1276 ERADICATION OF THE BED BUG. 17 Houses have been disinfested by private Owners for the eradication of the Bed Bug. Cimex Blocks were used in ten cases, Thermatox in one, and sulphur in the six others where the trouble was slight. One Council House also was dealt with by the Council’s Works Department, Cimex Blocks being used. FRIED FISH SHOPS. Details of the work done in connection with above are as follows Fried Fish Shops on Register Closed during the year Visits paid Changes in occupation Premises subject to Annual approval Verbal cautions Notices sent Letters Sent Work Done. Limewashing .... .„. Yard re-paved .... Other defaults remedied 41 2 84 6 6 4 1 2 1 1