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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
Holborn 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Particulars of work carried out during the year under these schemes are as follows:
| Blocks surveyed | 30 |
| Business premises inspected | 1,625 |
| Dwelling houses inspected | 421 |
| Local authority premises inspected | 3 |
| Business premises treated | 26 |
| Dwelling houses treated | 2 |
| Local authority premises treated | 1 |
| Treatment visits | 260 |
| Other visits | 2,046 |
| Estimated kill (rattus norvegicus) | 30 |
| Bodies recovered (rattus norvegicus) | 11 |
| Estimated kill (rattus rattus) | 235 |
| Bodies recovered (rattus rattus) | 61 |
| Estimated kill (mice) | 83 |
| Bodies recovered (mice) | 9 |
The survey of the Borough which had been undertaken by means of block control
schemes was completed in June, 1952. As a result, it was found possible to dispense with
the services of one of the rodent operatives, and subsequent survey work is being carried
out not as a block scheme, but as and when normal complaint work permits.
Complaints.
Apart from the Block Control Scheme, 371 complaints of rat or mice infestation
were received and investigated during 1952.
The following figures show the work carried out during the year arising from the complaints received:—
| Business premises inspected | 205 |
| Dwelling houses inspected | 221 |
| Local authority premises inspected | 3 |
| Business premises treated | 159 |
| Dwelling houses treated | 192 |
| Local authority premises treated | 3 |
| Treatment visits | 2,987 |
| Other visits | 73 |
| Estimated kill (rattus norvegicus) | 43 |
| Bodies recovered (rattus norvegicus) | 15 |
| Estimated kill (rattus rattus) | 1,210 |
| Bodies recovered (rattus rattus) | 360 |
| Estimated kill (mice) | 1,402 |
| Bodies recovered (mice) | 416 |
The following figures show the amount of rodent control work carried out during the year in connection with the Block Control Scheme and as a result of complaints received:—
| Business premises inspected | 1,830 |
| Dwelling houses inspected | 642 |
| Local authority premises inspected | 6 |