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These reports are used to assess the general situation
respecting infestations of rats and mice from year to year and
the form in which this information is sent to the Ministry is
designed to achieve uniformity.
The Department is represented on the London No. 1 (Northern)
Pest Control Committee and the No.2 (Essex) Workable Area
Committee.
Routine baiting of sewers is carried out on a contractual
basis under the control of the Borough Engineer & Surveyor.
SPECIAL LAUNDRY SERVICE
The Department continued to operate the service forlaundering
bed linen and clothing for the acutely ill or incontinent.
The total number of cases receiving this service during the
year was 66, the number of garments involved being 12,580 and
the number of visits paid in this connection for collection and
delivery was 1,956.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1950
In November the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
declared the whole of England and Wales to be a controlled area
due to the extensive number of outbreaks of Foot and Mouth
Disease which were being reported.
The "Controlled Area" restrictions and procedures are
equally as stringent as those enforced in "Infected Areas", the
main conditions being as follows:—
"Before any animal can be moved a licence authorising the
movement must be obtained from the Local Authority. The
movement must be necessary and carried out within the
conditions laid down in the licence. Once the movement
has been carried out, the vehicle must be disinfected."
Up to the end of the year a total of 850 movement licences
were issued by the Department involving the following number
of animals.
Cattle — 5,489
Calves — 1,248 /contd.
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