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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 23.
RATS AND MICE DESTRUCTION, ACT, 1919.
Summary showing investigations and inspections made during the year 1930.
| WARD. or DISTRICT. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Premises where Rats were found. | Action taken. | Probable Source. | Notioes. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Council's Official. | By Occupiers. | |||||||||||||
| By Inspectors | By Rat Officer. | By Inspectors | By llat Officer. | Baits laid by Rat Officer with poison | Wire Traps Set. | Breakback Traps Set. | Cats or . Dogs. | Ferrets. | Rat Runs and Holes. | Defective Drains. | Defective Sewers. | |||
| St. Mary | 38 | 50 | 47 | 523 | 28 | 3645 | 135 | 643 | - | - | 15 | 10 | - | 4 |
| St. Paul | 37 | 47 | 12 | 441 | 15 | 1587 | 46 | 353 | 5 | - | 14 | 6 | - | - |
| St. Peter | 21 | 22 | 16 | 164 | 18 | 524 | 57 | 110 | 1 | - | 12 | 7 | - | - |
| St. John | 41 | 23 | 41 | 290 | 23 | 1030 | 38 | 235 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Trinity | 26 | 36 | 98 | 589 | 28 | 2124 | 47 | 506 | 2 | - | 22 | 4 | - | 8 |
| All Saints' | 19 | 25 | 57 | 940 | 18 | 3656 | 132 | 1070 | 3 | - | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| St. Michael | 42 | 55 | 12 | 176 | 12 | 1026 | 18 | 117 | 4 | - | 12 | 14 | - | 1 |
| St. Jude | 29 | 39 | 109 | 276 | 23 | 1050 | 30 | 194 | 3 | - | 20 | 8 | - | 14 |
| St. George | 22 | 40 | 37 | 203 | 15 | 690 | 59 | 174 | 4 | - | 10 | 9 | 1 | - |
| Christchurch | 16 | 21 | 10 | 122 | 9 | 628 | 54 | 102 | 2 | - | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| St. Saviour | 10 | 7 | 6 | 82 | 8 | 1041 | 7 | 314 | 3 | — | 7 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Total | 301 | 365 | 445 | 3806 | 197 | 17001 | 623 | 3818 | 28 | — | 136 | 69 | 3 | 33 |