[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, East Berks (Berkshire) United Sanitary Districts (Maidenhead U.D.C., Wokingham U.D.C., Cookham R.D.C., Easthampstead R.D.C., Windsor R.D.C., Wokingham R.D.C.).

  • East Berks (Berkshire United Sanitary Districts)
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, East Berks (Berkshire) United Sanitary Districts (Maidenhead U.D.C., Wokingham U.D.C., Cookham R.D.C., Easthampstead R.D.C., Windsor R.D.C., Wokingham R.D.C.). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Private Slaughter Houses. No. on Register ... 9 No. Registered by Local Authority 9 No. Licensed Nil No. of Inspections 447 Nuisances discoveres 7 ,, remedied ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Contraventions of Bye-Laws discovered ... ... ... 11 ,, ,, ,, remedied ... ... ... 11 Licences granted to Slaughtermen under the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933 Nil Licences renewed ... ... ... ... ... ... Nil Rag Flock. Five samples of Rag Flock were collected during the year and submitted to the Clinical Research Association for analyses and in each instance the flock was found to conform with the Rag Flock Regulations, 1912. Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919. One hundred and forty-seven applications were received for advice in baiting and ridding premises of rats and mice and, as in previous years, every effort was made to co-operate with the occupiers in ridding their premises of rodents. Rat Week (November 6th—11th, 1939). Posters were exhibited on all bill-posting stations in the district and a Notice inserted in the local press calling the attention of the public to National Rat Week and requesting those needing assistance or advice to make application to the Local Authority. Three men were engaged in laying baits at premises in respect of which applications had been received and also at premises known in the past to have been infested and judging from the small number of complaints since received the results appear to have been very satisfactory. Altogether upwards of three hundred and eighty-one premises in some one hundred and eight streets were visited during the course of the week and an effort was made to bait every part of the district in which infestation was suspected. Two varieties of poison were used : Klearwell Safety Biscuits, and Harrison’s “ Safety First ” Squill Preparation.