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Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest
Restrictions Acts.
Fourteen applications for certificates that the
houses occupied were not in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation or were otherwise not in a
reasonable state of repair were made during 1932.
Certificates were granted in eleven cases and
three applications were withdrawn.
Two applications for "Clearance" Certificates
were made by owners and granted.
Rat Destruction.
The Borough Council employ a Rat Officer who
is a whole time employee of the Public Health
Department. He attends to complaints regarding
rat infestation in the Borough and takes steps
necessary for their destruction. He also traces
the source of the rats and gives advice regarding
the methods necessary to prevent a recurrence
of the infestation.
One hundred and forty-nine formal complaints
regarding infestation by rats were received during
the year.
Poison baits were laid in the following positions :
Private houses 195
Other premises 58
Sewers 929
In every case of rat infestation the Rat Officer
makes a thorough investigation in order to ascertain