As vermin infestations can lead to food
poisoning personal injury claims, no win no fee solicitors Bury welcome data
from the British Pest Control Association (BCPA), which showed the region saw
the smallest number of call-outs in the ten Greater Manchester regions
analysed.
In 2011 to 2012, Bury Council's pest
control specialists were called to 2,062 incidents, compared to the 5,075 cases
seen by Bolton Council, the 6,137 seen by Manchester City Council, and the
2,411 handled by Trafford Council.
Over the year, the council dealt with 632
call outs for rats, 331 for mice, 3 for other mammals, 181 for ants, 724 for
wasps, 38 cases of bedbugs, 8 cases of cockroaches, 35 cases involving other
insects, 4 bird infestations and 106 other pests.
No win no fee solicitors Bury explained
that there are a range of different factors that could lead to pest
infestations and could be responsible for Bury's apparently low levels, and
that the low levels are not necessarily due to the hard work of council
officers.
However, there are some measures the
council has taken that could be behind the low levels of pest problems in Bury.
A spokesman for the council told the Bury Times that the local authority has a
"proactive sewage treatment regime".
Furthermore, it looks at rat problem
reports and performs treatments and monitoring until the issue has been
controlled, the representative added.
Chief Executive of the BCPA Simon Forrester
said that infestations must be quickly and properly dealt with, warning that
they will spread if this does not happen. Dealing with these larger
infestations is much more costly and poses additional risks to the health and
safety of the public, he added.
Personal injury solicitors Preston warn
businesses and authorities that they must not become complacent about pest
infestations. The BCPA notes that as many as half of all Norway rats -
otherwise known as the common brown rat and the most populous rat in the
country - carry leptospirosis, or Weils disease. This condition, which is
transmitted through urine, can lead to kidney failure and death, and recently
took the life of Olympic gold medallist Andy Holmes.
