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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 28.
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919.
Summary showing investigations and inspections made during the year 1932.
| DISTRICT | Inspections | Re-inspections. | Premises where Rats were found. | Action taken. | Probable Source. | Notices. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Council's Official. | By Occupiers. | |||||||||||||
| By Inspectors | By Rat Officer. | By Inspectors | By Rat 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. | |||
| No. 1 | 32 | 39 | 15 | 190 | 12 | 925 | 48 | 186 | 3 | - | 13 | 9 | - | 1 |
| No. 2 | 25 | 39 | 43 | 307 | 13 | 1313 | 35 | 171 | 3 | — | 15 | 4 | - | 1 |
| No. 3 | 38 | 38 | 30 | 211 | 19 | 1146 | 39 | 237 | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | - | 2 |
| No. 4 | 50 | 54 | 163 | 518 | 36 | 2313 | 57 | 422 | 5 | - | 28 | 8 | - | 13 |
| No. 5 | 42 | 68 | 105 | 532 | 26 | 1941 | 35 | 343 | 2 | - | 25 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| No. 6 | 33 | 31 | 73 | 527 | 24 | 2408 | 66 | 445 | 1 | - | 16 | 2 | — | 3 |
| No. 7 | 69 | 81 | 82 | 721 | 50 | 2266 | 21 | 744 | 5 | - | 22 | 9 | — | 3 |
| No. 8 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 128 | 4 | 544 | 1 | 74 | — | - | 1 | — | - | |
| No. 9 | 85 | 76 | 35 | 201 | 18 | 1212 | 74 | 220 | 5 | - | 17 | 8 | i | - |
| Total | 387 | 436 | 555 | 3335 | 202 | 14068 | 376 | 2842 | 25 | — | 148 | 46 | 3 | 35 |
Number of Rats destroyed 1225