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SANITARY INSPECTION IN THE AREA.
Six District Sanitary Inspectors and one woman Sanitary Inspector are
engaged in the sanitary supervision of the Borough, working under the supervision
of the Senior Sanitary Inspector. The Senior Sanitary Inspector supervises
the work of the Borough.
Sanitary Conveniences.
There are seven Public Conveniences in the Borough which are kept under
constant supervision by the Public Health Department.
Rodent Control.
Under this heading your Senior Sanitary Inspector, as Officer-in-Charge,
Rodent Control, reported as follows:—
The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 came into force on the 31st
March, 1950, and repealed the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
The Council have an Assistant Rodent Officer, two Rodent Operators,
the part-time services of a Junior Clerk and appointed the District Sanitary
Inspectors as Rodent Officers.
The District Sanitary Inspectors in cases where there was a possibility of
the infestation being due to defective drainage visited the premises and tested
the drainage and any defects discovered were dealt with through the usual
channels. In 80 per cent of the cases defects were discovered and as one can
quite appreciate entailed quite a large amount of work. The following table
gives details of the work carried out during the year.

During the year maintenance treatments of the sewers took place by the
Borough Engineer's Department.
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