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The Regulations require that every appliance shall be fitted
with a guard which is robustly made and of such construction and
fitting that it satisfies the prescribed tests.
Fifteen visits were made during the year to premises which
sold heating appliances.
This involved the carrying out of numerous tests on the many
types and designs of heaters offered for sale.
No infringement of the Act was discovered.
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION
Council Private Other
Houses Houses Premises
Number of houses treated with
insecticide for bugs and fleas 3 11 5
Ten school canteen kitchens and seven hospital kitchens
were sprayed for files, ants, moths and cockroaches.
The insecticides used were pybuthrin, Dieldrex, D. D. T.,
Municipal Spray and Gammaxane Liquid Spray.
RODENT CONTROL
The Prevention of Damage by Pest Act. 1919
A - Surface Treatment
(1) Five thousand six hundred and twenty three visits were
made during the year by the Rodent Operators and seven hundred
and fifteen by the Sanitary inspectors to premises infested or
possibly harbouring rats or mice.
Five hundred and fourteen premises were cleared of rats or
mice, and no major infestations were recorded.
(2) The work for the year is generally summarised as under;-
Complaints received or cases discovered and investigated 527
Number of premises found to be infested 488
" " " where no evidence of rodents found 39
" " " cleared of rats or mice (including
97 previous year's cases) 514
" " " still being treated at the year end 72
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