[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough.
- Christchurch (Dorset, England). Borough Council
- Date:
- 1965
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![It is quite possible that the difficulties v/e are experiencing with the transport, plus an exceptionally hi^ sickness rate, will be the tv/o factors v/hich will prevent us bringing the refuse collection service up to a satisfactory standard during my first year of office. S^vLViiGE. Once again, waste paper has not been baled because of the inability to obtain the services of a suitable baler-man. haste paper was sold loose and the income from all salvage was increased slightly to reach an income of £683. complete reorgB.nisation of this section is in process, coupled v/ith a bonus scheme payable to all the men on the refuse collection and disposal staff. This will resiilt in a considerable increase in income from salvage, and this will be used to pay the men the extra money which is so essential if we are to recruit and maintain a sufficient labour force. RODENT COMQL. There can be no let-u^D in the control of rodents and other pests, and your Rodent Officer s^Dent most of his time on this work. He has also assisted the Inspectors, whenever possible, on various duties connected v/ith the Department. A summary of the year’s v/ork is shown hereunder Number of premises inspected 653 Number of premises infested 494 Number of dwellings treated 447 Number of business -premises treated ..... 34 Number of agricultural premises treated.. 2 Number of local authority premises treated .... 11 TOTiiL number of visits 2594 In addition to the above, test baits were laid in 124 sewer manholes, ngne of which was found to be infested. Fi^CT PRIES. There are 113 factories in the Borough, and your Inspectors made 164 visits to these during the year for various pur]poses- Regular routine visits are beginning to suffer due to pressirre of other work.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29111857_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
