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12. Number of Business Agreements dealt with : 98.
13. Members of the Rodent Staff assisted in the application of smoke tests in respect
of 138 drainage tests carried out by Sanitary Inspectors.
* Includes sewer maintenance treatments Nos. 21 and 22.
NOTE :—For the purpose of completing Sections 2, 3, 4 and 7, each property is entered once
only in respect of inspections, infestations and treatments.
The duties required to secure that premises are rodent free calls for patience
and persistence so that each case may be brought to a satisfactory conclusion. A
number of cases of infestation arose due to unsealed disused drains each of which
take a considerable time to trace. At one address which was seriously infested and
which engaged the attention of this department over a long period it was finally
discovered that there were two drainage systems to the premises, both of which were
defective. Since the drains have been relaid there has been no re'infestation.
In another case a very heavy rat infestation occurred which failed to respond to
continuous baiting and poisoning. Drains were tested and found to be satisfactory.
Eventually a disused drain was discovered leading into these particular premises ;
this was sealed off and the nuisance was abated.
The Sanitary Inspector and the Rodent Officer made joint quarterly inspections
of four hospitals in the borough and the attention of the Hospital Management
Committee was drawn to any matters requiring attention.
Representatives of the Public Health Department attended four meetings of the
Workable Area Committee during the year.