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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnet 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]
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No complaints were received not were any major contraventions of the conditions
observed during visits of inspection.
RODENT CONTROL.
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act. 1949.
A full time rodent operator is employed for treatment of infestations of rats
and mice. The table below gives details of the work carried out during the year.
| Type of Property | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority | Dwelling Houses | Agricultural | All other (including Business Premises) | Total | ||
| Number of Properties inspected as a result of:- | ||||||
| (a) Notification | 3 | 131 | 2 | 28 | 164 | |
| (b) Survey under the Act | 4 | 182 | 12 | 50 | 248 | |
| (c) Otherwise | - | 6 | 1 | 10 | 17 | |
| Total inspections carried out including re-inspections | 16 | 370 | 26 | 221 | 633 | |
| Number of properties found to be infested by:- | ||||||
| (a) Rats | Major | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Minor | 11 | 69 | 3 | 30 | 113 | |
| (b) Mice | Major | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| [Minor | 1 | 87 | - | 13 | 101 | |
| Number of Properties treated by the Local Authority | 12 | 161 | 6 | 39 | 218 | |
| Total treatments carried out including re-treatments | 17 | 223 | 9 | 53 | 302 | |
| Number of "Block" control schemes carried out | 52 | |||||
A test bait is made of 1C$ of the soil sewer manholes in the district, from
the results of which are based the two maintenance treatments of the sewers
required by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, as one of the
conditions under which the Ministry pay 50% of the Council's rodent control
expenses.
The test bait in May resulted in twelve complete "takes" and no partial "takes"
of bait out of ninety-three manholes baited.