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The Eats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919, is the main statute
under which in the past these duties have been performed. This
Act will be repealed by the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act,
1949, which comes into force on the 31st March, 1950, and gives
additional powers to Local Authorities, including the Hornchurch
Urban District Council, to deal with infestations of rats and mice.
It will then be the duty of occupiers of premises to give written
notice to the Council when they have knowledge that rats or mice
are present in substantial numbers.
Sanitary Inspection of the District.
Increased visits to food premises of all kinds and to factories
are noteworthy features and the work in general has fully maintained
the standard of last year.
SUMMAEY OF SANITABY INSPECTOES' WOEK
DUEING 1949.
Inspection of Food—
Bakehouses—visits paid 73
Butchers' shops—visits paid 236
Cafes—visits paid 269
Cowsheds—visits paid 87
Dairies—visits paid 140
Fish shops—visits paid 171
Food vehicles—number inspected 54
Greengrocers' shops—visits paid 10
Grocers' shops—visits paid 335
Ice Cream Dealers' premised—visits paid 304
Samples taken 159
Sausage factory—visits paid 8
School canteens—visits paid 19
Staff canteens—visits paid 25
Sweet Manufacturers' premises—visits paid 6
Miscellaneous visits 67
Housing—
Drainage of houses—visits paid 407
Environmental reports (housing applicants) 112
Overcrowding enquiries 130
Permitted Number—visits paid 61
Sanitary fittings—visits paid 56
Structural defects—visits paid 918