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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
Greenwich 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| Details | Date of Treatment | |
|---|---|---|
| 30th Nov. to 18th Dec., 1953 | 15th June to 3rd July, 1953 | |
| I. No. of Manholes in foul and con-nected systems | 1,175 | 1,175 |
| 2. Bait base and poison used | Sausage rusk and zinc phosphide | Bread rusk and arsenious oxide |
| 3. No. of Manholes baited | 1.175 | 1,175 |
| 4. No. of Manholes showing prebait takes | 578 | 688 |
| 6. No. of Manholes showing complete prebait take (on one or both days) | 386 | 447 |
| 6. Schemes of baiting used (e.g.; consecutive days or 1st, 3rd and 5th days) | Consecutive days | Consecutive days |
| 7. No. of Manholes test-baited in conjunction with this treat-ment and not included in No. 3 above | Nil | Nil |
| Remarks: With regard to these treatments, the whole of the manholes were treated in the normal way — therefore no test-baiting was undertaken. | ||
| It may be mentioned that the neighbouring Boroughs of Woolwioh and Lewisham took action at the same time as Greenwich. | ||
Anti-Fly and Anti-Mosquito Campaign.—During the
summer period, April to September, the campaign was continued
on similar lines to those of previous years, 4 men with the use of 2
motor-cycles and sidecars being employed in this important
preventive aspect of the Department's work.
The major factors to be controlled include house refuse, static
water sites, ponds, ditches, caftis and food shops generally.
The treatment of house refuse was successfully accomplished
by arrangement with the Borough Engineer, whereby at each weekly
collection a small quantity of' Gammexane ' powder was introduced
to each refuse bin by means of sprinkler-top tins. The collecting
vans were periodically sprayed with DDT in kerosene.
The dust-chutes in the numerous blocks of flats all receive
fortnightly treatment with ' Gammexane ' powder as soon as possible
after the dust collection.