There seems to be a huge increase in vermin all across South Ealing and Northfields.I only ever saw the odd field mouse and recall some monster Rats some years back at South Ealing Station, but over the last year, I've seen Rats in South Ealing Road, Northfields Ave, St Mary's Road, Little Ealing Lane and a lot of the side streets.I really don't like rats. One running over my bed on a trip abroad has done it for me.!Quite noticeable after 10pm coming home from work. It was a very rare thing to see a rat in the street, a fox being far more likely - but easier to spot.There are a lot of Foxes around these areas too and I thought Foxes were known for being a good antidote for Rodent Vermin but obviously not.Anyone know why this has increased over the last 12 months?I would have thought that the one thing a wheelie bin might have changed was a reduction in vermin but I suspect that from appalling smells and lack of cleaning of these containers along with the amount that are overloaded may be behind the increase. I think Public Health was not a consideration when recently changing refuse routines which were originally created to alleviate the scavenging and profusion of vermin.With population locally becoming more dense than inner cities, some things are being forgotten. Foodstuff and other waste still rots and degrades as it did 70 years ago. The chain of removal is possibly failing somewhere causing a rise in vermin which is not being tackled.
Mark Kehoe ● 3329d