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The total number of treatments carried out by the Department
including domestic, business and factory premises, was 462.
During the year the Public Health Inspectors and Rodent Investigating
Staff made altogether 4,415 visits concerning rat infestation.
The Council provides this service to the occupiers of all dwellinghouses
free of charge. Industrial and business premises are
dealt with at the request of the proprietors who pay the full cost of
any disinfestation undertaken at their premises.
INFESTATION WITH INSECTS, ETC.
Number of Council Houses found to be infested .. 5
Number of Council houses disinfested as precautionary
measure 6
Number of other houses found to be infested .. 5
Number of other houses disinfested as precautionary
measure 23
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfested
346
Householders are urged to seek the assistance of the Health
Department immediately they suspect the presence of bugs or
similar pests.
PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS' INSPECTIONS
AND VISITS
The following report, in condensed form, gives details of the
work of the Public Health Inspectors during the year 1962.
The total number of inspections and visits made during the
year for all purposes was 20,668.
No. of
Inspections of Premises :— Inspections
Public Health Act, 1936 3,638
Housing Acts, 1936 and 1957 378
Rent Act, 1957 73
Infectious Disease 127
Complaint by tenants of insanitary conditions 1,848
Vermin 220
Agriculture, (Safety Health and Welfare Provisions)
Act, 1956 20
C/fwd .. 6,304