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In addition to the cleansing of persona referred to
above, articlea of personal clothing disinfested at the
Medicinal Baths during the year numbered 5,716.
Diainfection and Diainfeatation
A aummary of the routine work of the diainfecting ataff
ia 8hown in the following table
Houaes diainfected after infectioua diaeaae 490
Houaea disinfested after vermin 1,747
Loads of furniture treated with hydrogen
cyanide 54
Total weight of furniture, bedding, etc. dealt with:-
147 tons, 5 cwt. , - quarter, 4 lb.
Destruction of Rats and Mice
Work under the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919,
and the Infestation Order, 1943, continued during the year
and the following is a summary of the action taken:-
Complaints investigated 1,253
Premises inspected following complaint 1,463
Premises where rata were found 506
Premiaea where mice were found 595
Premiaea where other vermin were found 107
Premiaea where no infeatation exi8ted 355
Number of visita made 10,324
Number of notices served 115
Premises successfully treated 905
Cases in which advice only was given 79
Borough Council properties dealt with 437
Block treatment procedure, involving simultaneous
baiting of an entire area, was undertaken during the year at
the Council's Wood Lane Depot, and it was estimated that 140
rats were destroyed.
On two occasions all the sewers in the borough were dealt
with by poison bait, and it was estimated that in the first
treatment 4,915 rats were destroyed! and in the second 3,880
rats were killed.
The responsibility for rodent control paseed from the
Mini8try of Pood to the Miniatry of Agriculture and Pi8heriea
and, aa from 1st April, 1948, all government granta were
8uperaeded by a conaolidated grant of 50% of the approved net
expenditure, subject to compliance with the following conditions:-
(i) that the Council maintain an organisation adequate
for effective rodent control according to the
condition of infestation in the area, and adopt the
methods recommended by the Miniatry;
(ii) that apecial attention ia paid to efficient rodent
control in aewera, refuae dumpa, refuae deatructora
and other local authority propertiea, in accordance
with guidance given by the Miniatry; and