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PREVENTION OF DESTRUCTION BY PESTS ACT, 1949
Two full-time and one part-time Rodent Operators were
employed.
Properties inspected 6,420
Complaints received 596
Number of treatments re rat infestation including
test baits as result of inspection and complaints 707
Factory and business premises treated 46
Visits by Public Health Inspectors 150
Four sewer maintenance treatments were carried out; 392 manholes
were baited. Fifty-five intercepting chambers were also baited
during the four maintenance treatments.
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH
INSPECTOR
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a summary of the visits and works carried out in
the Borough by myself and the District Public Health Inspectors:—
Complaints received 721
Nuisances found 506
Verbal Notices given 134
Verbal Notices complied with 85
Informal Notices served 395
Informal Notices complied with 201
Statutory Notices served 165
Statutory Notices complied with 141
Revisits 2,180
Houses inspected for defects 753
Visits made for this purpose 921
Drains tested and inspected 148
Private houses found verminous 12
Visits to butchers 187
Visits to slaughterhouses 610
Visits to dairies 12
Visits to retail milk shops 36