[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough.

  • Middlesbrough (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fish Friers : Number on Register .. .. .. .. 124 Number in use .. ... 113 Number not in use .. .. .. 11 Number discontinued during the year .. .. 1 Number registered during the year .. .. — Number of inspections made .. .. .. 203 Number of notices to limewash .. .. 36 Number of letters sent re minor contraventions, alterations to premises, etc. .. .. 52 Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919. The treatment of sewers reported last year was completed by 31st March. In the course of this work, the whole of the intercepting chambers of dwelling houses were examined and baited with good results as follows :— 1945 1946 Premises Visited 8,172 1,235 Visits Paid • • 34,470 5,446 No Takes Reported « * 7,661 1,043 Takes Reported • • 511 192 Rats Destroyed 8,740 972 In conjunction with the Ministry of Food, one works registered under the Offensive Trades Byelaws, was treated with the under- mentioned results :— 1945 1946 April July Oct. Total to to to for June Sept. Dec. 1946 First Treatment. Dead Rats Recovered 769 Estimated number of 158 88 70 316 Rats killed 4,758 907 765 590 2,262 Second Treatment. Dead Rats Recovered 5 Estimated number of 11 6 4 21 Rats killed . . 547 415 445 280 1140