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Barking 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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2. MEASURES OF CONTROL BY CORPORATION
| Type of Property | No. of properties inspected | No. of inspections made | No. of notices served under Section 4 | No. of treatments carried out by arrangement with Occupier | Under Section 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Works | Rats | Mice only | Rats | Mice only | |||
| Local | ||||||||
| Authority's Property | 19 | 19 | — | — | 7 | 6 | — | - |
| Dwelling Houses | 415 | 415 | - | - | 166 | 144 | - | - |
| Business Premises | 116 | 348 | — | — | 223 | 76 | — | — |
| Totals | 550 | 782 | — | — | 396 | 226 | — | - |
Disinfestation of Verminous Premises
The Council provide a disinfestation service.
There were 23 minor infestations dealt with. Of the premises
concerned, 19 were council dwellings.
The usual treatment is:—
(a) to ease all skirtings and door mouldings and picture rails
(if any);
(b) to spray with an atomised liquid 5% D.D.T. in Kerosene or
one of the proprietory disinfestants prepared for the special
treatment required.
We have not in the post-war period used Hydrogen Cyanide or
preparations of Chlordane or Lethane.
Section G— ISCELLANEOUS
Supply of Dustbins
The number of premises where dustbins are supplied and
maintained by the Corporation in accordance with Section 75 (3) of
the Public Health Act, 1936, was at the end of the year 4,914.
The number supplied by the Corporation under this arrangement
during the year was 579 whilst 157 dustbins were supplied on payment
by eight annual instalments at the rate of 5s. 0d.
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