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 Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE B Commencement of experiment - Six treatments a year with sausage rusk and Sodium Eluoracetamide (l08l) May1 1961. Prebait dates - May 1961 " 1962 " 1963 with poison treatments at two-monthly „ 1964 intervals
| AREAS | Year | MANHOLES | TAKES RECORDED | |||||||
| Totals | No.Treated | None | Good | Complete | ||||||
| Mi11wall . AREA 1 | 1961 | 223 | 216 | 184 | 9 ( 4.2%) | 23 ( 10.7%) | ||||
| 1962 | 223 | 221 | 199 | 17 ( 7-6%) | 5 ( 2.2%) | |||||
| 1963 | 253 | 229 | 214 | 14 ( 6 1%) | 1 ( 0.4%) | |||||
| 1964 | 279 | 270 | 255 | 8 ( 2.9%) | 7 ( 2.6%) | |||||
| Poplar High St. 1 EX | 1961 | 163 | 147 | 131 | 2 ( 1.3%) | 14 ( 9.5%) | ||||
| 1962 | 166 | 165 | 160 | 2 ( 1.2%) | 3 ( 1.8%) | |||||
| 1963 | 165 | 151 | 143 | 6 ( 3-9%) | 2 ( 1.3%) | |||||
| 1964 | 181 | 171 | 159 | 6 ( 3.5%) | 6 ( 3.5%) | |||||
| Abbott Rd. AREA 2 | 1961 | 179 | 147 | 123 | 16 (10.8%) | 8 ( 5.4%) | ||||
| 1962 | 161 | 136 | 125 | 10 ( 7.3%) | 1 ( 0.7%) | |||||
| 1963 | 179 | 148 | 140 | 8 ( 4.4%) | Nil ( Nil ) | |||||
| 1964 | 179 | 155 | 146 | 9 ( 5.8%) | Nil ( Nil ) | |||||
| Chrisp St. AREA 3 | 1961 | 185 | 151 | 129 | 11 ( 7. 3%) | 11 ( 7.3%) | ||||
| 1962 | 163 | 153 | 139 | 8 ( 5.2%) | 6 ( 3.8%) | |||||
| 1963 | 169 | 158 | 147 | 7 ( 4.4%) | 4 ( 2.5%) | |||||
| 1964 | 179 | 177 | 167 | 7 ( 3.9%) | 3 ( 1.7%) | |||||
| Devons Rd. AREA 4 | 1961 | 388 | 362 | 322 | 24 ( 6.4%) | 16 ( 4.4%) | ||||
| 1962 | 375 | 361 | 326 | 25 ( 6.9%) | 10 ( 2.8%) | |||||
| 1963 | 390 | 359 | 334 | 17 ( 4.7%) | 8 ( 2.2%) | |||||
| 1964 | 387 | 362 | 341 | 19 ( 5.2%) | 2 ( 0.5%) | |||||
| Roman Rd. AREA 5 | 1961 | 406 | 359 | 296 | 27 ( 7.8%) | 36 (10.0%) | ||||
| 1962 | 397 | 377 | 335 | 31 ( 8.3%) | 11 ( 2.9%) | |||||
| 1963 | 409 | 376 | 345 | 30 ( 7.9%) | 1 (0.26%) | |||||
| 1964 | 423 | 387 | 364 | 21 ( 5.4%) | 2 ( 0.5%) | |||||
| TOTALS: | 1961 | 1544 | 1382 | 1185 | 89 ( 6.4%) | 108 ( 7.8%) | ||||
| 1962 | 1499 | 1413 | 1284 | 98 ( 6.5%) | 36 ( 2.5%) | |||||
| 1963 | 1565 | 1421 | 1323 | 82 ( 5.7%) | 16 ( 1.1%) | |||||
| 1964 | 1628 | 1522 | 1432 | 70 ( 4.8%) | 20 ( 1.3%) | |||||