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Insect Pests.
Mosquitoes.—All pools and ponds where mosquito larvse ara
found are sprayed with paraffin during the summer months.
Ponds and ditches, the breeding places of this pest, are gradually
disappearing from the district, but many householders do not
realise that they also can do a great deal towards mitigating this
nuisance by getting rid of all breeding places in their gardens, by
keeping the guttering on the houses clear from obstruction and by
regularly flushing all gulleys, etc., at frequent intervals.
Lyctus Caniculatus.— Fifteen new council houses were found to
be infested with this beetle, which is a similar type to that commonly
known as the larder or warehouse beetle. Not only were
these beetles found inside houses, but on the outside walls as well.
Insecticides were freely used, and in a few weeks the places
were freed from this pest. There has been no return of this
nuisance.
Animal Pests.
Bats.—Fourteen complaints of rat nuisances were investigated ;
two were abated by the Council and six cases were referred to the
County Eat Destruction Supervising Officer.