Cockroaches have a rapid breeding cycle if left unchecked a cockroach infestation can rapidly expand its numbers in a few weeks or months to become major risk to health and safety.
Cockroaches are potential carriers of serious diseases and germs, which cause disease in humans, e.g. dysentery and gastro-enteritis, salmonella and other stomach complaint organisms. They adulterate food and spread pathogenic organisms with their faeces and defensive secretions.
They feed on faecal matter (poo) and rotting waste materials. Contamination occurs when they come into contact with food preparation areas, cutlery, crockery and food.

Cockroaches require food, shelter and water. Make your home unfit for cockroaches, where possible, take away their food, water and restrict shelter and access points into the kitchen and they will almost certainly move somewhere else.


Cockroaches need water and will thrive in damp sub-floor crawl space areas, near leaking taps, etc. Ensure adequate drainage and ventilation. Regularly check and fix any plumbing problems, broken roof tiles, etc that may allow or cause moisture aggress to potential cockroach harbourage areas. Wipe kitchen sink of moisture before retiring or going out at night. Turn off leaking taps.


Reduce shelter and access points and seal all cracks and crevices in bathroom, pantry and kitchen cupboards. Store all cardboard boxes and the like above ground level. Cockroaches do not like drafty exposed areas or bright lights. A good reason why some restaurants keep lights on at night around their waste bins.
The German cockroach is the most widely transported insect pest in the world. Infestations even occur in Alaska, in larger installations with central heating or around machinery that produces heat.