1. IN A MATTRESS HAVING A SIDE PANEL, AN AREA IN SAID SIDE PANEL FORMED OF LOOSELY WOVEN MATERIAL TO PERMIT FREE PASSAGE OF AIR TO AND FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE MATRESS, A GROMMET DEFINING AN OPENING IN SAID AREA TO PERMIT THE INSERTION OF A GERMICIDE SPRAY NOZZLE, A PANEL OF TICKING MATERIAL COVERING SAID AREA AND FORMING A POCKET, SAID POCKET HAVING AN OPENING AND A ZIPPER FOR CLOSING THE OPENING, A PLURALITY OF SPACED GROMMETS DEFINING OPENINGS THOUGH SAID COVERING, AND A PREVIOUS GERMICIDE IMPREGNATED PAD CONTAINED IN SAID POCKET AND COEXTENSIVE WITH THE AREA OF LOOSELY WOVEN MATERIAL WHEREBY BREATHING OF THE MATTRESS MUST OCCUR THROUGH SAID PAD.