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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

Hornsey 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: RODENT INFESTATION: SEWER MAINTENANCE TREATMENT 1955 Total number of foul manholes — 1,810

RODENT INFESTATION: SEWER MAINTENANCE TREATMENT 1955 Total number of foul manholes — 1,810

Dates of Treatment3rd—23rd March31st August—30th September
Sewer treatedSoilSurface waterSoilSurface water
Bait and poison usedSoaked bread and arsenicSausage rusk and zinc phosphideSausage rusk and zinc phosphideSausage rusk and zinc phosphide
No. of manholos baited934741,06976
No. of manholes showing complete prebait take319.3426
No. of manholes showing partial prebait take18320925