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SMOKE ABATEMENT.
15 inspections were carried out and 3 nuisanoes
were corrected.
SWIMMING BATHS AND POOLS.
There is nothing of a special nature to record.
VERMINOUS HOUSES.
58 inspections were made and 16 infestations were
dealt with.. A further 25 visits were made in connection
with disinfestation purposes.
With regard to the Council's Housing Estates no noteworthy
change in bug infestation routine has been adopted.
In point of fact very little verminous conditions have been
reported on the Estates during the year.
It must not bo inferred from these comments that bug
infestation is now a negligible quantity in the area. It
is more likely that the opposite is the case, as, with the
routine of house-to-house inspection necessarily in abeyance,
the principal means of systematic discovery of
infestations is therefore not functioning. The hardened
culprit who permits verminous conditions to exist will
not disclose the fact to the authorities, and it is only
the- casual complaint which can be dealt with in these times
of stress.
RATS AND MICE.
The Sanitary Inspectors have given as much
available time as possible to. dealing with rodent nuisances.
364 inspections were made in connection with 98 known
info stations.
The cunning, filth and disease spreading propensities
rats and their ability to defile and destroy millions
pounds worth of valuable food and produce annually,
present difficult problems with regard to adequate control
and destruction. The destruction of these pests, if to be
really effective, should bo continuously systematic, and
complete co-operation in any measures of elimination must
be exercised by all parties concerned from the central
authorities, local authorities, farmers, warehouse keepers,
food store keepers, shop-keepers, right through all the
trading concerns to the householder. Amidst their many
duties the Sanitary Inspectors cannot hope to deal with
more than complaints received.
At the time of writing it had been announced that