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SANITARY INSPECTION IN THE AREA.
Five District Sanitary Inspectors and one woman Sanitary Inspector are
engaged in the sanitary supervision of the Borough, working under the supervision
of the Senior Sanitary Inspector. The Senior Sanitary Inspector
supervises the work of the Borough and is Inspector under the Canal Boats
Acts.
At the outbreak of hostilities the Senior Sanitary Inspector was appointed
Controlling Officer for Emergency Petrol Supplies and also the Authorised
Officer for the Decontamination of Food (Food Decontamination Officer).
Sanitary Conveniences.
There are seven Public Conveniences in the Borough which are kept under
constant supervision by the Public Health Department.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919. Infestation Order, 1943.
Under this heading your Senior Sanitary Inspector, as Officer-in-Charge,
Rodent Control, reports as follows :—
In February last, when the Act came into operation in this Borough,
the Council appointed two Rodent Operatives and a Junior Clerk, and appointed
the District Sanitary Inspectors Rodent Officers.
Up to the end of the year, 2,504 visits and re-visits have been made by
the Rodent Operatives, in connection with complaints as to alleged rat infestation.
Seventy-four Intimation Notices have been served—owing to the
fact that the Occupiers did not appear to be taking effective measures to
eradicate the vermin, and one Statutory Notice was served.
Defestation has been carried out on request at 106 premises and at the
end of the year 26 premises were in process of " Defestation."
The District Sanitary Inspectors in cases where there was a possibility of
the infestation being due to defective drainage visited the premises and tested
the drainage and any defects discovered were dealt with through the usual
channels.
Of 193 cases of Rat Infestation referred to the District Inspectors, owing
to the possibility of defects in the drainage, in 101 cases defects were discovered
and as one can quite appreciate entailed quite a large amount of work.
Middlesex County Council (General Powers) Act, 1938, Section 71, Hawkers, Etc.
This Act came into operation on the 1st January, 1939, the Council
together with other Local Authorities considered the adoptive sections and
put the necessary resolutions and action into being regarding Sections 70 and
71. No new applications were received during 1944.
Disinfection and Disinfestation.