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Kensington 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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practicable, kept free from rats and mice. The Council deal with rat and
mice infestation in dwelling houses without cost to the occupiers, but expenditure
incurred in treating infestations on commercial and industrial
premises is recovered from the owners. The Council are required to submit
reports on (i) the extent of infestation, (ii) special circumstances to
which any undue presence of rats and mice might be attributed, and (iii) the
nature and extent of co-operative working with contiguous local authorities.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Pood requested a report for the
twelve months ended 31st December, 1963, in the following form:-
Prevalence of Rats and Mice
| Type of Property | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority | Dwelling Houses | All other (including Business & Industrial) | ||||
| I. Number of properties in Local Authority's district | 31 | +1,207 | 11,067 | 52,305 | ||
| II. Total number of properties inspected as a result of notification | 12 | 768 | 62 | 842 | ||
| Number of such properties found to be infested by:- | ||||||
| Common rat | Major | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Minor | 9 | 136 | 169 | |||
| Ship rat | Maj or | _ | - | _ | ||
| Minor | — | - | - | - | ||
| House Mouse | Major | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Minor | 3 | 499 | 28 | 530 | ||
| III. Total number of properties inspected in the course of survey under the Act | - | 126 | 18 | 144 | ||
| Number of such properties found to be infested by:- | ||||||
| Common rat | Major | - | - | - | - | |
| Minor | - | 13 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Ship rat | Maj or | - | - | - | - | |
| Minor | - | - | - | - | ||
| House Mouse | Major | — | _ | — | - | |
| Minor | - | 28 | 2 | 30 | ||
| IV. Total number of properties otherwise inspected (e.g. when visited primarily for some other purpose) | - | - | - | - | ||
| Number of such properties found to be infested by:- | ||||||
| Common rat | Major | - | - | - | - | |
| Minor | — | - | - | - | ||
| Ship rat | Major | - | _ | _ | ||
| Minor | - | - | - | - | ||
| House Mouse | Major | - | - | - | - | |
| Minor | - | - | - | — | ||
| V. Total inspections carried out -including re-inspections: | 57 | 3,147 | 429 | 3,633 | ||
| VI. Number of infested properties (in Sections II, III & IV) treated by the Local Authority | 12 | 678 | 57 | 747 | ||
| VII. Total treatments carried out -including re-treatments | 16 | 755 | 66 | 837 | ||