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RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919
Infestation Order, 1943
Sewer treatments were carried out in February and October. Surface infestation
were reviewed during April when it was found that action was not keeping pace with advice.
On the 1st June, 1948, the Health Committee decided that disinfestation of private dwellings
should be free of cost to the householder. A complete survey was made of a very large food
factory, work given out to competitive tender and operations carried out with remarkable
efficiency by a commercial undertaker who co-operated fully with the Public Health Department
and secured excellent results in dealing with a widespread infestation. The factory
has a canal dock and the Docks and Inland Waterways Executive promptly shared in the
contract. Work continued throughout the year from May.
Acknowledgement is gratefully made of the liaison existing between the Officers of the
Infestation Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Local Authority.