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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 39.
Summary showing investigations and inspections made and details of work carried out during the year 1922.
| WARD. | Number of Premises Inspected. | Number of Re-inspections made. | Premises Rat Infested. | Premises wherb steps weke taken to destroy Rats and Mice. | Rat Proofing. | Rat Holes and Runs stopped. | Defective Drains Amended. | Defective Sewers Amended. | Notices. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poisons used. | Wire Traps. | Break- back Traps. | Other Traps. | Varnish. | Cats or Dogs. | Ferrets. | |||||||||
| St. Mary | 45 | 104 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | - | 9 | 3 | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| St. Paul | 60 | 207 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| St. Peter | 38 | 112 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 14 | - | 6 | 2 | - | — | 6 | 2 | - | 2 |
| St. John | 54 | 94 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | 7 | 2 | - | — | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Trinity | 40 | 146 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 7 | - | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Alt Saints | 74 | 216 | 51 | 25 | 12 | 26 | - | 2 | 8 | - | 2 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| St. Michael | 73 | 226 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 22 | - | 7 | 4 | - | 4 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| St. June | 34 | 140 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| St. George | 46 | 166 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 11 | _- | — | 1 | - | — | 16 | - | 1 | |
| Christchurch | 44 | 145 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 11 | - | 6 | — | - | — | 15 | 5 | 1 | |
| St. Saviour | 54 | 127 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 5 | - | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 562 | 1683 | 333 | 149 | 77 | 144 | 8 | 48 | 34 | 2 | 19 | 124 | 47 | 25 | 43 |
Number of Eats destroyed 574.
Methods adopted—Break-back Traps 157 Cats and Dogs 79
Wire Traps 145 Poisons 7
Other Traps 98 Ferrets 14
Varnish 74