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Report of Inspector of Nuisances
for the Year 1920.
To the Chairman and Members,
Barnes Urban District Council.
GENTLEMEN,
I beg to submit my first Annual Report on the Sanitary
Inspection of the District during the past year. A tabulated slatement
is given shewing the number of inspections made, also the number
of defects found and remedied under the Public Health Acts.
INCRKASK OF RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST
(RESTRICTION) ACT.
Three applications for Certificates under the above Act were
received, nnd a Certificate was granted in each case. It is anticipated
that this Act will add considerably to the work of this department
during the conning year.
RATS AND MICK (DESTRUCTION) ORDER, 1919.
Good work is being done by the. Council's rat-catcher throughout
the District. 7,765 rat tails were brought to the office during the
year; these being from rats caught with the aid of ferrets and clogs.
In addition, a large number must have been accounted for by the
use of poison that was laid.
It was found that the rodents were breeding light throughout the
year, 110 doubt due to the mild weather we have experienced this
winter. The principal breeding grounds appear to be the variolas
allotments, also the river bank and in the vicinity of the reservoirs.
INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS.
The Public and Private Schools in the district have been inspected.
In one instance, the premises in use as a private school were found
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