[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, New Windsor Borough.

  • Windsor (Berkshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, New Windsor Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT. One hundred and eighteen inspections were made for the purposes of this Act; the requirement of the Act as to Marking, etc., have been well observed. SHOPS ACTS. During the year, 272 inspections were made. DISINFECTION. In infectious cases, bedding and clothing are removed to the Steam Disinfector at Dedworth. The rooms are sprayed and fumigated. During the year disinfections were as follows : Articles of bedding and clothing disinfected ... ... 4620 Articles of bedding and clothing destroyed ... ... 526 Rooms disinfected ... ... ... ... ... 280 BED BUGS. The eradication of bed bugs during the warm months takes a great deal of time. During the year the following work was carried out : Council Houses found to be infested ... ... ... 6 Council Houses disinfested ... ... ... ... 6 Other Houses found to be infested ... ... ... 41 Other Houses disinfested ... ... ... ... ... 41 In the 6 Council houses 11 rooms were affected, and in the 41 other houses 90 rooms. The method adopted for freeing houses from bed bugs is to spray with an insecticide ; two sprayings with an interval of eight days between being the usual process. In bad infestations, one of the proprietary fumigating blocks, used in conjunction with an insecticide, has given good results. The work is carried out by the department. The fumigating blocks used are Cimex, the principal insecticide used is Zaldecide.