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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
Bermondsey 1950
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1950
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PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949. 2. Measures of Control by Local Authority.
| Type of Property | Number of Properties inspected | Number of Inspections made | Number of Notices Served under Section 4 | Number of *Treatments carried out | Block Treatments of Properties in Different occupancies under Section 6 (1) or by formal arrangement | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Arrangement with Occupier | Under Section 5 (1) | ||||||||||
| Treatments | Works | Rats | Mice Only | Rats | Mice Only | Number of Blocks | Surface | Associated Sewers | |||
| Number of separate occupancies | Number of manholes treated | ||||||||||
| Local Authority's Property | 8 | 32 | – | – | 8 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 2,310 |
| Dwelling Houses | 575 | 2,134 | – | – | 276 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Business Premises | 1,177 | 634 | 2 | 2 | 87 | 18 | – | – | 17 | 63 | – |
| Total | 1,217 | 3,343 | 2 | 2 | 371 | 214 | – | – | 17 | 63 | 2,310 |
*Excluding treatments included under block treatments.