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(xi.) The attention of the occupiers of premises within the City should be directed
to their new obligations under the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919, by means of
posters left at the different premises, and they should be helped in their efforts by
supplying them free with information as to how to deal with the problem. The
distribution of copies of this Report, perhaps, might be serviceable.
(xii.) The Government should undertake research work with a view to ascertaining
whether some measures cannot be discovered which will offer a chance of more
permanent results accruing than will follow the practice of dealing with rat-infested
places as outlined above.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) WILLIAM J. HOWARTH,
Medical Officer of Health.