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Additional lighting provided 2
Additional ventilation provided 11
Sanitary accommodation provided for staff 4
Sanitary accommodation repaired 14
Sanitary accommodation cleansed 26
Staff Rooms provided 1
Lavatory basins provided 4
Miscellaneous 25
Hairdressers:—Rooms cleansed or redecorated 1
Mines and Quarries Act:-—
Fences renewed or repaired 2
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act 1952 :—
Fires altered or withdrawn from sale 1
Ratproofng:—
Work carried out by occupiers of premises after completion
of treatment 7
Shops Act:—
Heating provided 1
Washing facilities provided 3
Shops Act Notices provided 3
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949
RODENT CONTROL
The Council employ the services of a rodent operator assisted
as necessary by another officer in the department for work under
this heading.
Compared with 1963 there was an increase in the number of
premises found to be infested by rats and mice. During the year
the Department continued to carry out on a contract basis certain
disinfestation work at agricultural premises formerly carried out
by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food.
A nominal charge of 5/- is made in respect of work carried
out by the Council at private dwellings but work carried out at
business premises including agricultural holdings is charged at the
full cost which, at the end of the year was 16/- per hour plus cost
of materials.
Check baiting was carried out on the sewerage system at points
where small infestations had formerly occurred.
Two hundred and ninety-four manholes were test baited and
evidence of infestation was found in only 5.
The Council has continued to undertake rodent control at
local schools for the Surrey County Council on a contract basis.
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