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DISINFESTATION
The Public Health Inspectors inspect verminous premises and supervise the work of the disinfectors
employed by the Council (Section 83 of the Public Health Act, 1936) (Table 27).
The Council provide transport for clothing and bedding requiring disinfection and disinfestation
(Section 84 of the Public Health Act, 1936). The Council's employees disinfect and disinfest rooms and collect
and deliver the clothing and bedding.
The number of verminous premises treated remains very small when considered in relation to the
total number of premises in the Borough, and calls for no special comment.
Two hundred and twenty-three complaints were received regarding wasps and 100 nests were destroyed.
Thirty properties were dealt with concerning complaints of squirrels in lofts, etc., entailing 149 visits by the
Rodent Control staff. The charges in accordance with Council's Scale were met.