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During the year the Public Health Inspectors and Rodent Investigating
Staff made altogether 2,328 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 4
Number of Council houses disinfested as precautionary
measure 6
Number of other houses found to be infested 17
Number of other houses disinfested as precautionary
measure 11
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfested
96
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 1964.
The total number of inspections and visits made during the
year for all purposes was 13,398.
No. of
Inspections of Premises :— Inspections
Public Health Act, 1936 2,463
Housing Acts, 1936, 1957, 1961 and 1964 521
Rent Act, 1957 47
Infectious Disease 159
Complaint by tenants of insanitary conditions 1,467
Vermin 321
Agriculture, (Safety Health and Welfare Provisions)
Act, 1956 —
Housing Act, 1936 Sec. 62—Permitted Numbers 3
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 204
Consumer Protection Act, 1961 21
C/fwd 5,206