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PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949.
The following is a summary of the work carried out by the
Rodent Operative acting under the supervision of the Chief
Sanitary Inspector:
Complaints 733
Premises inspected 919
Premises found to be infested wit:
(1) Rats 559
(2) Mice 257
Re-visits to infested premises 1,595
Fees received for treatment £616. 11s. Od.
Premises treated free of charge. 120
In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries, Infestation Control Division, maintenance
treatments of the soil sewers in the Borough were carried out
during March and July.
A total of 1,001 sewer manholes were dealt with and of these
644 were found to be rat infested. Poison baits were used in the
infested manholes. The regular and systematic poison baiting
of sewers is an important part of the work of rat destruction in the
Borough.
DISINFECTION.
Rooms disinfected by spray:
(а) Ordinary Infectious Disease 29
(b) Tuberculosis 79
(c) Other conditions 62
Houses treated for vermin 126
Articles disinfected by steam:
(а) Ordinary Infectious Disease 8
(b) Tuberculosis 46
(c) Other conditions 138
Articles voluntarily destroyed 278
THE END OF EALING'S HOSPITAL SERVICES.
The transfer of hospital powers from the Borough to the
Regional Board did not entail an immediate break in the continuity
of administration and up to the middle of 1950 the two hospitals
were still under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health.
The clinical staffing of both Perivale and Clayponds Hospital was
carried out by Assistant Medical Officers of Health.