Responsibilities of Local Public Health Officer for the control of insects and other vectors.

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Chapter 8 VECTOR CONTROL

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(1) An owner or occupier of land or premises shall by herself take measures to prevent the breeding of insects and shall, when directed by the Local Public Health Officer or an officer authorised by her, carry out such measures as specified therein. Explanation:—For the purpose of this section the term “insects” shall include mosquitoes, flies, lice, sand fly, tick, mite and ticks of flea categories, etc..
(2) The Local Public Health Officer shall find out any cause or causes of breeding of insects and shall take measures for the prevention, control and removal of the same. In any circumstances, if the Local Public Health Officer is unable to prevent or control or remove such cause or causes, she shall report the same to the Local Public Health Committee.

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