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Barnet 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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Public Syrjjnralnsc Baths -?.rr." Bathing Pools,
The only swiiianing pool in the district, viz, at "The Barn", Barnet Bye-Pass,
is not now in use.
Employment Agencies.
Prior to the wur there were four employment agencies in the district. These,
however, are no longer in existence owing to the control of labour and it seems
unlikely they will be started up again,
RODENT CONTROL.
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act. 1949.
A full time rodent operator is employed for treatment of infestations of rats
The table below gives details of the work carried out during the years-
| Tvoa of Property. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority | Dwelling Houses | Agricultural | All other (including Business and Industrial) | Total. | |
| 1. Number of properties inspected during 1953 as a result (a) of notification or (b) otherwise. | (a) 1 | 123 | 20 | 144 | |
| (b) 5 | 531 | 5 | 48 | 589 | |
| 2. Number of properties (under i) found to be infested by rats. | Maj or - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Minor 6 | 203 | l | 13 | 223 | |
| 3. Number of properties found to be seriously infested by mice. | _ | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4, Number of infested properties (under 2 and 3) treated by the Local Authority. | 6 | 250 | 2 | 25 | 283 |
| 5* Number of "block" control schemes carried out 5^ | |||||
No notices "ere served under Section 4 of the Act, requiring the execution of
â– vorks, in connection with infestations. Four informal notices, requiring removal
of accumulations harbouring rats,and one informal notice, requiring wiring
protection round corn ricks during threshing, were served and complied with. The
attention of building site orjerators has been drawn to the necessity of closing
drain connections to the sewers at night to prevent ingress and egress of rats,
A test bait was made of 10% of the soil sewer manholes in the district, from
the results of which are based the two maintenance treatments of the sewers
required by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries as one of the conditions