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Common Lodging House
There is only one common lodging house in the Borough,
This is licensed for the accommodation of 224 men. The
premises were inspected on thirty-two occasions during
the year, but it did not become necessary to take any
statutory action for offences or contraventions of the Bylaws.
It is unfortunate that there have been so many changes
in the supervisory staff in recent years: this has obvious
disadvantages. Nevertheless, there is good co-operation
in the conduct of this lodging house which is a reasonably
good establishment of its kind. It is a sound structure
with well-proportioned windows giving good light and ventilation
on all sides. Radio and television are provided
in the common rooms and facilities are available for cooking.
For the most part this lodging house has a regular clientele;
there are relatively few casual occupants.
Poultry Slaughtering
Following a complaint that poultry slaughtering was
tailing place at the rear of a private dwelling house in
the north-west of the orough, investigation revealed that
the occupier had about forty chickens housed in the open
yard. It was evident from the blood-stained condition of
the yard that slaughtering was being carried out and the
occupier admitted that he 'slaughtered a few' which were
then sold. Legal proceedings were instituted against the
occupier for Barryingon a business of poultry slaughtering
without the consent of the Council. The offender was fined
and the slaughtering discontinued.
Rodent Control
The work of the rodent control staff showed little
variation from the previous year. As hitherto, systematic
baiting of sewers was carried out four times during the
year in conjunction with the Borough Engineer and Surveyor's
Department.
There appears to have been a steady improvement in
the occurrence of rodent infestation in dwellings occupied
by coloured immigrants; in fact, during the first six months
of 1962 the number of complaints of rats or mice in immigrants'
homes represented only a little over 7% of the
total. This may well be evidence of the effectiveness of
health education and of the co-operation of the immigrants
themselves.