Millard invented a trap, should I have told you about that first?
He named his trap the “Leicester Intercepting Trench Trap”:
It depends for its action upon the habits of the insect as described above, and the principle of it is the placing of an impassable trench, containing sticky stuff, all round the bug-infested room. It consists of a grooved lath of wood cut into the required lengths. Treacle (golden syrup) is poured into the groove or trench, and the trench is left in situ as long as may be necessary. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed to enable me to pronounce a final verdict as to its utility, but in theory it seems excellent, and it certainly “delivers the goods.” I have counted as many as thirty-six bugs in 12 inches of trench after being in position three weeks and thirty-one were counted in a 3-foot length after only three nights.
Millard, C. Killick. 1932. Presidential Address, on An Unsavoury but Important Feature of the Slum Problem. The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health 53, no. 7: 365-372. doi:10.1177/146642403205300705
Yes, well.
Stay away from the treacle is my advice.
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