[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough].

  • Greenwich (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1963?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    71 Depot, but since that date no salvage has been collected and all the refuse collected, except for 2,355 tons conveyed to Lewisham's wharf and 366 tons to Deptford's wharf for barging away (by arrangement and for convenience during adverse weather condi tions), has been conveyed in the Council's vehicles to the Land Reclamation Co. Ltd.'s shoot at Stone near Dartford. Trade refuse amounting to 174 tons was disposed of in the same manner. The 611 tons of salvaged materials collected during the first nine months of the year under review was disposed of by sales amounting to £4,141 made up as follows :— Scrap Metal 79 tons £470 Waste Paper 502 tons £3,238 Other Salvage 30 tons £433 An income of £1,600 was obtained from the charges made by the Council for the collection and disposal of 174 tons of trade refuse arising from business premises in the Borough. RODENT CONTROL General.—During the year the Rodent Control Scheme, as approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, has continued, although with the introduction in 1959 of block grants to local authorities, direct financial assistance by the government to this service ceased. Of a total of 742 recorded complaints (533 of rats and 209 of mice), 518 were notifications, 49 re—notifications from occupiers or other sources and 175 were found during survey. The monthly average of complaints from all sources was 61 as compared with a figure of 54 for the previous year. In addition to the investigations of recorded complaints, 2,178 other surveys were carried out under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949, giving a grand total of 2,737. During investigations, infestation was found to exist on 6 occasions in local authority's premises, 492 in dwelling houses and 117 in miscellaneous properties and places of business. Of these, 2 major infestations (one of mice and one of rats) were disclosed