Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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2. MEASURES OF CONTROL BY LOCAL AUTHORITY.
TYPE OF PROPERTY | No. of properties inspected | No. of inspections made | Number of notices served under Sect. 4 | Number of treatments carried out | Block treatment of properties in different occupancies under Sect. 6 (1) or by informal arrangement | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
By arrangement with occupier | Under Section 5 (1) | ||||||||||
Treatments | Works | Rats* | Mice only | Rats* | Mice only | No. of Blocks | Surface | Associated sewers | |||
No. of separate occupancies | No. of manholes treated | ||||||||||
Local Authority's Property | 6 | 6 | nil | nil | 11 | 2 | nil | nil | 1 | 3 | 2,863 |
Dwelling House | 1,917 | 2,430 | nil | nil | 2,443 | 228 | nil | nil | 203 | 468 | |
Business Premises | 240 | 250 | nil | nil | 322 | 55 | nil | nil | 20 | 40 | |
Agricultural Property | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil |
Total | 2,163 | 2,686 | nil | 2,776 | nil | 285 | nil | nil | 224 | 511 | 2,863 |
* Include under this heading properties infested with both rats and mice.
† Excluding treatments included under block treatments.