10 HOWARD STREET UNIT 12 EXTERMINATOR REPORT 10-11-2022Attention: 10 Howard Street Management
Date: 10/11/22
Project Title: 10 Howard ST Room 12
Project Description: Preventative extermination
Invoice Number: 10112022-1
Visited unit 12 at 10 Howard ST in Salem, MA 10/11/22. The unit was very cluttered and
there was furniture and items such that there is only a path to the kitchen and the walls of the
room which one enters when first entering the unit were inaccessible. The kitchen was also
crowded and cluttered and there was food stuffs being stored on at least the kitchen table,
on top of the buffet piece of furniture as well as there were cardboard boxes and paper bags
and a full trash bin around the kitchen all of which could attract rodents. We placed one bait
station between kitchen cabinet unit and the fridge and one bait station under the buffet. We
checked the rodent proof filling around the water pipes coming up from the basement and
also checked the bait station under the sink cabinet. We noted the occupant had many
sticky traps out and some of the traps had fruit flies stuck in them which would indicate those
traps had been out for quite some time. Some of these appear to have been out since at
least August. We did not notice any indication of fresh activity. We also put out 6 more sticky
traps as a prevention in the kitchen and bathroom. All adjacent units were checked and have
monitoring for rodents in place and have NO signs of any rodent activity. Preparation
instructions were not followed by occupants. The preparation instructions required occupant
to clean and vacuum everywhere . This was not done. Instructions required occupants to
declutter but they had not as there were boxes everywhere and the trash and recycling had
not been taken out. There were dirty dishes on the table and in the sink. There was food on
the fridge and on top of the buffet all of which the occupants were instructed to store in
plastic bins. These actions need to be taken in order to fully prepare for extermination. The
issue of dirt and in general poor house cleaning is an issue for these occupants. There is
years of grime on all the baseboards and on the bathroom floor and all around the unit
including but no limited to the walls, doors, appliances. In order to get a baseline of some
kind because of all the filth on the floor, we could not even see the actual floor to make any
determination of what was going on in the bathroom. Sticky traps were placed in the freshly
cleaned bathroom and as seen on the attached pictures. We did clean some other areas in
Description EPA # if any Quantity
Glue traps 6
TOMACAT MOUSE KILLER
DISPOSABLE STATION
90780-7 1
TOMCAT RAT AND MOUSE
KILLER
90780-9 2
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spots so the extent of the housekeeping issues can be seen. Integrated Pest Management
includes the occupants doing their part to have a pest free room. That means the occupants
need to clean regularly, store food properly, eliminate clutter, take out trash and recycling daily.
The occupants of this unit are not doing any of these tasks.
Outside in the yard by the corner of the foundation, we placed a new bait station on
September 5th, 2022 which has some signs now of being eaten indicating there are rodents
in the general outside neighborhood. Also noted that some neighbors also have bait stations
out indicating perhaps a neighborhood issue due to construction in several places on Howard
St and in the surrounding neighborhood.
Sincerely yours,
Linda Zimmer
License # 0046049
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BEFORE:
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BEFORE
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AFTER JUST 30
MIN CLEANING
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CLUTTER AND FOOD!!
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