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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Conaway
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Rat Eradication - We Need a New Plan
FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of the Baltimore City Health Department, the Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Director of Public Works, and the Director of Finance to report to the City Council on the City's current rat eradication procedures as well as to discuss the development of new rat eradication strategies and to explore alternate funding sources to aid in the eradication of the rat problem.
Body
Recitals
Rats are a major source of disease. In addition to playing hosts to parasites such as lice, fleas, and ticks, rats are linked to the spread of a number of infectious diseases. These diseases include:
(1) leptospirosis, a disease that causes muscle aches and fever and can lead to serious
inflamation of the nerve to the eye, brain, spinal column, or other nerve endings;
(2) toxoplasmosis, an infection that is of particular concern to persons with depressed
immune systems and pregnant women whose unborn children are at risk of developing mental retardation, convulsions, spasticity, cerebral palsy, deafness, and severely impaired vision, as well as abnormally large or abnormally small heads;
(3) trichinosis, which causes abdominal discomfort, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting,
fatigue, and fever, and, in severe cases, deat...
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