[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough] page 34

Finsbury 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]

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Prevention of Damage by Pests Act. 1949
Rodent Control
This Council employs six rodent operatives, one foreman and one
rodent officer. On the 11th March 1957 an assistant rodent officer
Mr. F. J. Moody was appointed.
Records for the year under review show that complaints for both
business and domestic premises have considerably reduced.
Since March 1957 it has been possible to carry out inspections
on a block" principle and this has revealed that many small business
premises contained infestations of either rattus rattus (Ship Rat) or
mice and that the occupiers in many cases were doing nothing to control them.
Treatment for the eradication of both rats and mice has been provided free at all domestic premises but otherwise a charge was made
to cover the cost of such work.

Table: On the recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries & Food the treatment of sewers is carried out every four months and in conjunction with the Borough Engineer's Department maintenance treatments took place during February July and October.

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On the recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries & Food the treatment of sewers is carried out every four months and in conjunction with the Borough Engineer's Department maintenance treatments took place during February July and October.

No. of complaints received	Business premises	58
No. of complaints received	Domestic premises	238
No. of additional infestations found	Business premises	905
No. of additional infestations found	Domestic premises	70
No. of premises treated	Business premises	963
No. of premises treated	Domestic premises	310
No. of visits made	Business premises	19 858
No. of visits made	Domestic premises	8 075

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Pet Animals
The Pet Animals Act 1951, requires that all premises including
shops and stalls where pets are sold shall be licensed annually by
the local authority:-
Seven licences were issued by the Council during 1957 viz. 3 in
respect of shops, 3 in respect of stalls and 1 in respect of premises
used for the breeding and sale of tropical fish. Except for the 1atter the amount of trade in pet animals and birds is comparatively small
and no difficulties have arisen in connection with the implementation
of the Act.

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Table: On the recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries & Food the treatment of sewers is carried out every four months and in conjunction with the Borough Engineer's Department maintenance treatments took place during February July and October.

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Table: On the recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries &amp; Food the treatment of sewers is carried out every four months and in conjunction with the Borough Engineer's Department maintenance treatments took place during February July and October.

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Table: On the recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries & Food the treatment of sewers is carried out every four months and in conjunction with the Borough Engineer's Department maintenance treatments took place during February July and October.