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Total number of rooms sprayed for all purposes 2,544
Number of articles disinfected 5,855
Number of Library Books disinfected 283
Number of Disinfection Certificates issued 184
DISINFESTATION
Bed Bugs
Number of houses visited 158
Number of rooms sprayed 517
Number of houses re visited 44
The rooms were sprayed with "Vermacine", a preparation of
5 per cent. D. D. T. with Pyrethrum as a "Knockout".
The total number of visits made by the staff of the Disinfecting
Station for all purposes was 4,365.
There were many complaints during the year of insect infestation,
The usual offenders were wood boring beetles, ants,
cockroaches, drug store beetles, carpet beetles, clothes moths
weevils, clover mites and silver fish.
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY
PESTS ACT 1949 - RODENT CONTROL
Rodent destruction in dwel 1ing houses and business premises
is carried out under the direction of the Rodent Officer, an
Assistant Rodent Officer and a Rodent operative working under his
supervision. Sewer treatment is carried out by the Borough
Engineer's department in conjunction with the Rodent Officer and
his staff.
In the cases of dwelling-houses treatment is undertaken by
the Local Authority free of charge, while in the case of business
premises, a charge based upon time, cost of materials and overhead
expenses, is made.
During the year 955 complaints were received. Of this number
73 were not justified, 716 were in respect of brown rats, one in
respect of black rats and 165 in respect of mice. During the
course of investigation, 926 baitings were made and ninety defective