London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sutton and Cheam 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
This page requires JavaScript
(5) Summary of the type of premises and methods employed in clearing premises of rats and mices-
Type of Premises Cleared
| Dwelllnghouses (mainly in gardens) | 362 |
| Food shops and food premises | 45 |
| Non-food shops | 10 |
| Waste land and building sites | 1 |
| Hospitals and Schools | 6 |
| Factories and Workplaces | 7 |
| Council Premises (other than dwellings) | 15 |
| Miscellaneous | 8 |
| TOTAL | 454 |
(6) Methods employed in clearing 454 premises of rats and mice:-
| Warfarin and other Poison Baits | 454 |
| Bat and Mouse Proofing | 2 |
| Drains repaired | 4 |
| TOTAL | 460 |
B - Sewer Treatments
(1) Treatment No. 24 - Second Maintenance Treatment (1957-1958)
The second maintenance treatment of soil sewer manholes
in areas found to be infested during the previous treatment was
completed on the 22nd March, 1958.
Prebaiting with damped sausage rusks with 0.25% paranltrophenol
added as a bait preservative was carried out on the first
and fifth days and the same bait base with 2% Antu added was
laid on the tenth day with the following results:-
SECTIONS
| A | B | C | D | E | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Manholes pre-baited ... | 23 | Not baited | 149 | 88 | 55 | 315 |
| Complete prebalt takes ... ... | 6 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 79 | |
| Partial prebalt takes ... | 2 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 56 | |
| Percentage of takes (C. and P.).. | 34.8 | 26.2 | 53.4 | 74.5 | 42.9 | |
| Number of manholes poison baited. | 9 | 56 | 53 | 47 | 165 |
The number of prebalt takes shows a decrease of 8.3% on the
previous maintenance treatment.
35