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5. State the approximate number
of rat complaints dealt with in
the last twelve months.
6. Have any notices been published
recently giving instructions as to
the most effective methods of rat
destruction ? (Section 4 of the
Act).
7. Have any notices been served on
individual occupiers within the
last twelve months requiring
them to destroy rats ?
8. Have any measures been taken
to secure collective action for
rat destruction? (Section 5 of
the Act).
9. Have any prosecutions for offences
under the Act been instituted
? If so, with what results ?
10. What is the approximate annual
expenditure of the Council in
connection with the Act? Has
any part of such expenditure
been recovered from individual
occupiers or otherwise?
11. General observations :—
It is difficult to state precisely the degree of rat infestation ;
but working on the basis of complaints received per occupied
house and the population of the district, the degree of infestation
is as follows :—
26,306 inhabited houses—111 complaints;
= .42 per cent., roughly 4 per 1,000 houses.
118,100 estimated population—111 complaints;
= .09 per cent., roughly 1 per 1,000 population.
September 17th, 1937, to September
17th, 1938—111.
Posters were displayed throughout
the district during Rat
Week, 1937.
Yes—83.
All possible measures are taken.
No.
£21 14s. Od. (average for last
five years).
No part of expenditure recovered.