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18
Visits to foster mothers' premises 32
Number of complaints investigated 942
Outworkers' premises 171
Ice-cream premises and vehicles 17
Factories 153
Workplaces 53
Tents, vans and sheds 34
Stables 18
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 363
Hairdressers' and Barbers' premises 37
Shops Act, 1934 95
Rooms fumigated 42
Inspections of Air-Raid Shelters 990
Inspections of Food Shops following
War Damage 72
Other Visits 53
(b) Notices served. Complied with.
Statutory 48 29
Informal 609 410
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
The same procedure operated during the year as in
the past in connection with rats and mice. Poisons are
supplied upon request. A number of rat burrows was
treated with smoke and gas with fair results. In addition,
21 informal notices were served during the year,
and 18 were complied with.
Mosquito Nuisance.
A conference was arranged at the request of the
Barking Borough Council, and attended by the local
authorities and River Catchment Boards concerned, to
consider the mosquito nuisance said to exist on the
marshes adjoining the Thames. Investigations are proceeding.