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The majority of the public houses are on the whole well
maintained from a public health point of view, but in a few
cases the conditions found to exist called for adverse comment.
It is gratifying to report that since the completion of the
investigation some improvements have already been carried out,
and in the coming year it is hoped to deal with those cases
where a practicable solution is considered possible.
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION
Council Private
Number of houses treated with
Insecticide for bugs and fleas 13 20
Eleven school canteens were sprayed for files and moths.
The Insecticides used were D.D.T. Municipal spray and Gammexane
liquid spray.
RODENT CONTROL - The Prevention of Damage
by Pests Act, 1949
A - Surface Treatments
(1) Nine thousand two hundred and ninety six visits were
made during the year by the Podent Operators, and three hundred
and fifty six by the Sanitary Inspectors to premises infested or
possibly harbouring rats or mice.
Five hundred and thirty nine premises were cleared of rats
or mice and no major infestations were recorded.
The work for the year is summarised as under:-
Complaints received or cases discovered and
investigated 590
Number of premises found to be infested 536
" where no evidence of rodents found 54
" cleared of rats or mice
(including 105 previous year's cases) 539
" of premises still being treated at
the year end 102
(2) The causes or sites of infestations at the five hundred
and thirty six infested premises, were:-
Keeping of poultry 138
" " pigs 1
Inside premises (under floors etc.) - rats 29
" " " " - mice 57
Buries, scrapes etc. In gardens, land etc. 198
Under or inside sheds 130
Defective drains 1
Accumulations of refuse etc. 2
Total 556
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