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Saturday, September 8, 1973
TUBLIC URGED TO HELP PREVENT MOSQUITO NUISANCH
An Urban Council spokescian appealed today to the public to help
it prevent a big nosquito menace from occurring as a result of the heavy
rainfall of the most few weeks.
The spokesman said that while the Urban Services Department had
stepped-up ito inspeption and mosquito prevention operations, householders
and caretakers of building sites could help greatly by themselves also checking on possible breeding places such as roofs, backyards, balconies, canopies, disused bottles, tins and other receptacles loft in the open.
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The spokesman explained that it took seven days for a mosquito to
"It was important, therefore, that stagnant water be removed before this
seven-day period expired," he said.
Other likely mosquito-breeding places are choked drains and gutters.
He urged building contractors to drain away all stagnant water on
their building sites or spray diesel oil on the water.
He pointed out that allowing mosquitoes to breed on private property is
an offence and a person could be fined up to $1,000 for it.
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