[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, New Forest R.D.C.

  • New Forest (Hampshire, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, New Forest R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949 and THE PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ('THRESHING & DISMANTLING OF RIOKS) REGULATIONS, 1950 ' The above Acts and Regulations are under the direction of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. In carrying out the duties imposed upon the Local Authority a staff of two, a Rodent Officer and an Operator, are kept fully employed. The Block Control system is carried out whenever practicable, but on a minor scale only owing to the number of complaints received and the amount of work arising therefrom. A great deal of time is taken up in inspection of bank, ditches and hedgerows, which are the cause in many cases of property becoming infested. This source of infestation is given periodical inspection. Advice and the destruction of rats and/or mice on private premises is indirectly free, the cost being borne by the General Rate Fund. Business and Agricultural properties are charged at the rate of 7s.Od per hour, either by an 'ad hoc’ service or yearly contract. 'Warfarin', a blood anti-coagulant synthetic rodenticide, continues to be the poison of choice and remains the most effective available. The sustained action against these pests and the evidence gained indicates that the rat population of the district is kept reduced to a reasonable level All Council-owned property, including Refuse Disposal Sites, Sewage Disposal Works etc. have been periodically inspected and kept free of infest¬ ation generally. Details of Work s Number of yearly contracts ... ... Income from Contracts ... ... ... Income from 'ad hoc' services .. ... Number of complaints received .. ... Number of infestations found .. ... Number of infestations dealt with Number of visits made for survey work s (a) Dwelling Houses ... ... ... (b) Business Premises ... ... ... (c) Agricultural Properties ... ... (d) Local Authority Premises .• ... Number of visits made for disinfestation s (a) Dwelling Houses ... . (b) Business Premises ... ... ... (c) Agricultural Properties ... ... (d) Local Authority Premises .. ... 1964 44 £421.0s.0d £ 83.2s.6d 579 1,049 1,492 2,151 278 377 19 2,485 251 476 36 1963 47 £444„0s.0d £ 79.8s.0d 552 1,026 1,579 2,101 284 373 16 2,442 246 485 39