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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
Mitcham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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RATS AND MICE DESTRUCTION ACT, 1919
Three full-time and one part-time Rodent Operators were employed.
| House to house inspections | 9,950 |
| Complaints received | 316 |
| Number of treatments re rat infestation including test baits as result of inspections and complaints | 1,660 |
| Factory and business premises treated | 132 |
| Visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 65 |
Three sewer maintenance treatments were carried out; 358
manholes were baited.
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY
INSPECTOR
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of Mitcham
Madam, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a summary of the visits and works carried out in the Borough by myself and the District Sanitary Inspectors:—
| Number of complaints received | 1,098 |
| Visits re complaints and sundries | 2,632 |
| Revisits | 4,847 |
| Houses inspected for defects | 2,818 |
| Number of nuisances discovered | 1,468 |
| Number of intimation notices served | 1,159 |
| Number of intimation notices complied with | 998 |
| Number of statutory notices served | 344 |
| Number of statutory notices complied with | 818 |
| Visits to butchers and other food shops | 474 |
| Visits to factories | 161 |
| Visits to refuse dumps | 5 |
| Visits to slaughter houses | 21 |
| Visits to restaurant kitchens | 53 |
| Visits to stables | 6 |
| Visits to garages | 15 |
| Visits to outworkers' premises | 34 |