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RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) AST. 1919.
INFESTATION ORDER, 1945.
There arc four Rodent Operatives and one Rodent Officer
employed under the general direction of the Chief Sanitary
Inspector on the work of rodent destruction.
During 1947, 12,432 visits were made to promises within
the Borough and of this total, initial visits following upon
complaint or resulting from surveys numbered 4,468, the
remaining 7,964 visits comprising re-inspections in connection
with laying baits, poisoning and trapping.
The success of the scheme enabling occupiers to enter
into contract with the Corporation for rodent destruction may
be judged by the following summary, there being 337 contracts
made and income received amounting to £734.2s.6d.
It was found necessary to serve 107 Preliminary Notices,
32 Statutory Notices and 10 Final Notices.
NUMBER OF INFESTATIONS.
FOOD
PREMISES.
NON-FOOD
PREMISES.
PRIVATE
DWELLINGS.
FACTORIES.
RATS
ONLY
MICE
ONLY
BOTH RATS
AND MICE,
47
!
18
270
17
356
13
8
DEGREE OF INFESTATION.
RATS
MICE
RESERVOIR.
MAJOR
PRIMARY
50-100.
MINOR
SECONDARY
1-50.
RESERVOIR.
MAJOR
PRIMARY.
MINOR
SECONDARY.
.
3
2
347
Nil
1
.
20
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT. 1919.
NOTICES SERVED
NOTICES OUTSTANDING
Preliminary
Notices
Statutory
Notices
24 hour
(Default)
Notices
Preliminary
Notices
Statutory
Notices
i
24 hour
(Default)
Notices
107
32
•
10
Nil
Nil
6
RAT DESTRUCTION WORK UNDERTAKEN BY
CORPORATION
OCCUPIERS
RATS
MICE
RATS
MICE
341
21
71
Nil
NUMBER OF PREMISES UNDER CONTRACTS WITH CORPORATION, TOTAL 338
12 months.
6 months.
3 months.
1 month.
Others.
Total
Receipts
41
3
110
172
11
£734
2s 6d
-28-