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Greenwich 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: Baiting of Sewers.—The Borough Engineer has kindly supplied me with the undermentioned information of the treatments carried out in the Council's sewers in connection with the scheme :—

Baiting of Sewers.—The Borough Engineer has kindly supplied me with the undermentioned information of the treatments carried out in the Council's sewers in connection with the scheme :—

DetailsDate of Treatment
29th Nov. to 17th Dec., 195414th June to 9th July, 1954
1. No. of Manholes in foul and connected systems1,1851,175
2. Bait base and poison usedSausage rusk and zinc phosphideBread rusk and arsenious oxide
3. No. of Manholes baited1,1831,175
4. No. of Manholes showing prebait takes571483
5. No. of Manholes showing complete prebait take (on one or both days)316237
8. Schemes of baiting used (e.g.; consecutive days or 1st, 3rd and 5th days)Consecutive daysConsecutive days (Poison check on 4th day)
7. No. of Manholes test-baited in conjunction with this treat— ment and not included in No. 3 aboveNilNil
Remarks: With regard to these treatments, the whole of the manholes were treated in the normal way — therefore no test-baiting was undertaken. One additional day was employed in checking poison takes dur.ng the Juno treatment.

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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, caf6s and food shops generally.