[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 29

Lewisham 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Prevalence of rats and mice

Table 16

Type of property		Number of properties in Lewisham (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)										Analysis of column (iv) (v) (vi) (vii)
		Total		in which infestation was								Number infested by
				Notified by occupier		Otherwise discovered			Recorded (Total of ii and iii)			*Rats				Mice only
				Notified by occupier		Otherwise discovered			Recorded (Total of ii and iii)			Major		Minor		Mice only
Local authorities' property		108		3		_			3			1		2		_
Dwelling houses		61,350		773		1,473			2,246			11		1,252		983
Business premises		3,635		77		—			77			—		58		19
Agricultural property		48		—		—			—			—		—		—
Total		65,141		853		1,473			2,326			12		1,312		1,002
Measures of control by Local Authority
	No. of properties inspected		No. of inspections made	Number of notices served under section 4			Number of treatments carried out						Block treatments of properties in different occupancies under section 6(1) or by informal arrangement
				Number of notices served under section 4			By arrangement with occupier			Under section 5 (1)
				Treatments	Works		Rats*	Mice only		Rats*	Mice only		Number of blocks		Surface— Number of separate occupancies		Associated sewers— Number of manholes treated
Local authorities' property	3		6	-	-		3	-		-	-		-		-		-
Dwelling houses	4,153		4,536	_	_		1,263	983		_	_		1		77		_
Business premises	174		216	_	_		58	19		_	_				_		_
Agricultural property	3		18	—	—		—	—		—	—		-		—		—
Total	4,333 I 4,776			—	—		1,324	1,002		—	-		1		77		-

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*Properties infested with both rats and mice are included under this heading.
†Excluding treatments included under block treatments.