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For a number of years, all the sewers in the borough have been
treated with poison bait, to destroy rats, twice yearly. This work had,
up to 1957, been carried out in January and June each year, coinciding
with similar treatments carried out in neighbouring boroughs. The
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food recommended in 1957 that a
new system of treatment should be introduced, which involved changing
the times of baiting to April and September each year, allowing a longer
period of time during which baits were left in the sewers, and mixing a
mould inhibitor (parani trophenol) with the baiting material to act as a
preservative.

The rodent staff deal with infestations from pests other
than rats and mice, and the following is a summary of all action
taken during the year:-
Premises inspected following complaints 1,151
Premises where rats were found 423
Premises where mice were found 663
Premises where other vermin were found 130
Premises where no infestation existed 1
Number of visits made 4,962
Number of successful treatments 1,169
Cases in which advice only was given 47
Borough Council properties dealt with 8
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT. 1933
At the end of the year the number of sellers of Part II
Poisons (other than registered pharmacists) on the list maintained by
the Council was 123. Of this number 9 were new registrations during
the year.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT. 1951
This Act regulates the use of clean filling materials in
upholstered articles and other articles which are stuffed or lined.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Act makes it unlawful
to use prescribed filling materials except on premises registered
by a local authority. The exceptions are in the remaking and reconditioning
of any article or upholstering in connection with the
making of railway carriages, road vehicles, ships or aircraft. The
local authority are required, on the application of the occupier of
premises, to register the premises on payment of a registration fee
of One Pound. At the end of the year, there were 19 registered
premises in the borough.
The Act further provides that no rag flock shall be
delivered to registered premises except from premises licensed for
manufacturing rag flock or used as a store for rag flock. A local
authority on receiving from the occupier of premises an application
for the grant or renewal of an annual licence authorising him to
manufacture rag flock or to use his premises as a rag flock store,
may grant or renew the licence on payment of a fee of One Pound.
No licences have been issued in Kensington.