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17
Stoves repaired or renewed
31
Coppers repaired or renewed
10
Floors repaired
19
Rooms redecorated
65
Windows, sills, etc., repaired
18
Cement work to sink waste gullies repaired
8
Miscellaneous defects remedied
203
Verminous Houses.
Infested. Disinfested.
Number of Council houses 18 18
Number of other houses. 135 135
Eradication of Bed Bugs.
(See Annual Report, 1938.)
Rag Flock Acts, 1911-1928.
There are no premises within the Borough where rag flock
is known to be manufactured.
Rats and Mice (Destruction Act), 1919.
Five hundred and Twenty-nine visits were paid in connection
with complaints received, and rat biscuits were issued to the
occupiers of 78 premises. At 68 premises the source of rat infestation
was definitely traced and the premises freed of rats.
A.R.P., Civil Defence, etc.
Visits were made to the following:—
Air Raid Shelters 995
Food Depots 552
A.R.P. Depots 37
Subways 20
First Aid Posts 7
Food Poisoning 3
Re-interment 32
Houses re War Refugees 174
Miscellaneous 3
Decontamination of food demonstrations 44
Decontamination of food centre 43
Food premises, anti-gas 195
Gas decontamination—miscellaneous 17
Air Raid Damage.
Food Shops 75
Houses 79
Bombed Areas 16