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8.
There is no doubt that the noise of these fairs is an
annoyance to the residents, and your officers were successful in
obtaining an undertaking from the owner of the land not to let it for
fair purposes in the future.
The Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919, is administered by
the Middlesex County Council. A number of complaints have been received
in respect of premises infested with rats, and these have immediately
been forwarded to Mr. A. Chudley, the Rats and Mice Destruction Officer
for this district. We are constantly asked to assist various householders,
and this help has always been given readily, your Sanitary Inspectors
co-operating with the Middlesex County Officer.
Smoke abatement.
There are no factories within the district using coal fired
beilers, and no action has been necessary.
Swimming baths and pools.
There are no public Swimming Baths or Pools within the
district, nor any attached to Restaurants or Road Houses.
Eradication of bed bugs.
the department continues to give assistance and advice in
keeping premises free from vermin, and there has been a marked decrease
in the number of such premises brought to our notice.
1. Number of Council houses found to be infested 7
" " " disinfested 7
Number of other houses found to be infested 17
" " " disinfested 7 x
x Owing to the ago and structure of the remaining infested houses
practical disinfestation measures were impossible. The occupiers
were supplied with insecticide on request, and instructed on its
proper use with a view to reducing the extent of infestation,
2. the methods employed for freeing infested houses from bed bugs.
Stripping of all wall and ceiling papers, removal of picture rails,
skirting beards, architraves and other woodwork; spraying of walls,
ceilings, floor and woodwork with an insecticide, followed by
fumigation with a gas non-toxic to human beings.
3. The methods employed for ensuring that the belongings of tenants are
free from vermin before removal to Council houses.
Great care in selecting tenants is exercised, but no routine