[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Martley R.D.C.
- Martley (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1959
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Martley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![There still rerAains a nuinher of private storage points on farms and other business premises to be tested and these will be done as sovon as possible. During the year this Council became a member vof the V/est Midlands Petroleum Acts Administration G-roup which has been formed in an endeavour to unify the requirements imposed thxoughout this region of the country. (e) Rodent Control The contra.ct scheme for treatment of farm and other business premises was continued throughout the District and at the end of the year some 69 contracts had been made. However, response from the farming community was in the main disappointing; there v/as a general unwillingness to face up to their resi^onsibilities in this matter and it is felt that some measure of inspection and enforcement will be necessarj^ before complete coverage of the District is achieved, A second rodent operative v/as enga.ged during the year but until the contract scheme is more fully developed he is emplvoyed for part of his time by other departments. Routine free treatments of dwellinghouses v/ere continued during the year. The number of treatments carried out duiing the year v/as as follov/s:- Tyne of Premises Treatments (i) Private Dvellings 525 (ii) Business Premises 31 (iii) Local Authority sev/ers 12 (iv) Local Authority refuse tips 64 (v) Agricultura]. Premises 417 1,049 (f) Means of Escape in case of Fire Valuable assistance is afforded by the Fire Prevention Officer of the Worcester City and County Fire Brigade by means of inspection reports on factories for this purpose and I am grateful for their advice.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29792952_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
