Rat call-outs in Bury lowest in Greater Manchester

Rat call-outs in Bury lowest in Greater Manchester

4:43pm Tuesday 10th December 2013 in News By Neil Robertson, reporter

Bury received the lowest number of pest control call-outs in Greater Manchester, according to new figures.

Of the countys 10 authorities analysed by the British Pest Control Association (BPCA), Bury responded to 2,062 incidents in 2011-12.

By contrast, Bolton Councils pest control team was called out 5,075 times nearly two and a half times more than in Bury.

Burys pest control team dealt with the second lowest number of complaints for cockroaches (eight) and the third lowest number for rats (632), mice (331) and ants (181) in Greater Manchester.

BPCA chief executive, Simon Forrester, said: There are many localised reasons why an area could have a high prevalence of a certain pest. Local authorities are under immense strain to come up with savings. The BPCA wants to make sure this doesnt have an impact on public health.

If an infestation isnt dealt with quickly and properly, it will spread. Dealing with it then is much more expensive and it carries a greater risk to public health.

The survey showed that Burys pest control team was called out almost 400 fewer times in 2012 than in 2011, when it was called out 2,457 times.

This decrease meant that, in a league table of the UKs busiest pest control bodies, Bury fell from 88th place to 105th place.

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