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PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949
Two full-time and one part-time Rodent Operators were
employed.
Properties inspected 3,272
Complaints received 687
Number of treatments re rat infestation, including
test baits, as result of inspection and complaints 1,134
Factory and business premises treated124
Visits by Public Health Inspectors 129
Two sewer maintenance treatments and one test treatment were
carried out in the year; 270 manholes and five intercepting chambers
were baited. A total of 32 baits were taken compared with 79 taken
in 1957.
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 528
Nuisances found 387
Verbal Notices given 125
Verbal Notices complied with 77
Informal Notices served 256
Informal Notices complied with 156
Statutory Notices served 96
Statutory Notices complied with 88
Revisits 1,420
Houses inspected for defects 567
Visits made for this purpose 650
Drains tested and inspected 147
Private houses found verminous 9
Visits to butchers 192
Visits to slaughterhouses 816
Visits to dairies 18