[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Eccles Borough.

  • Eccles (Greater Manchester, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1953
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    PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949. During the year, 1,490 properties were inspected under the above Act, classified as follows :— L.A. Tips, Destructor and Sewage Works 4 Other L.A. Properties 20 Dwelling-houses 1,201 Business Premises 236 Agricultural Properties 27 W.D. Properties 2 Number o] in the Local An which infe* ' Properties ithority’s area in station was Prevalence of Infestation Notified by the Occupier Discovered by Inspection L.A. Tips, Destructors and Sewage Works 3 Other L.A. Properties 6 1 Dwellinghouses 28 7 Business Premises 22 18 Agricultural Properties .... 1 9 W.D. Properties 1 MEASURES OF CONTROL BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Prevalence of Infestation Number of Properties Number of Inspections Treat miCnts undertaken L.A. Tips, Destructors and Sewage Works 4 7 3 Other L.A. Properties 20 20 7 Dwellinghouses 1201 1203 27 Business Premises 236 257 38 Agricultural Properties 27 29 9 W.D. Properties 2 2 The total number of treatments undertaken by the rodent operator employed by the Department was 84. A sum of £124. 13s. 3d. was recovered towards the cost of these treatments and a further sum of £2. 6s. Od. was received for the sale of sticky traps.