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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
Southwark 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| WARD. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Premises where Rats were found. | Action taken. | Probable Source. | Notices. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Council's Official. | By Occupiers | |||||||||||||
| By Inspectors | By Rat Officer. | By Inspectors | By Rat Officer. | Baits laid by Rat Officer with poison | Wire Traps Set. | Breakback Traps Set. | Cats or Dogs. | Ferrets. | Rat Runs and Holes. | Defective Drains. | Defective Sewers. | |||
| St. Mary | 30 | 41 | 47 | 380 | 32 | 1598 | 104 | 385 | 6 | - | 12 | 2 | - | 8 |
| St. Paul | 34 | 40 | 52 | 782 | 25 | 2319 | 128 | 550 | 6 | - | 16 | 6 | - | — |
| St. Peter | 19 | 22 | 60 | 228 | 9 | 1062 | 93 | 258 | 4 | - | 10 | 5 | - | 3 |
| St. John | 34 | 53 | 43 | 513 | 39 | 1680 | 115 | 471 | 6 | - | 29 | 3 | - | 11 |
| Trinity | 43 | 34 | 98 | 752 | 22 | 2983 | 167 | 1121 | 6 | - | 30 | 4 | - | 24 |
| All Saints' | 27 | 26 | 70 | 302 | 31 | 1024 | 96 | 309 | 7 | - | 9 | 5 | - | 7 |
| St. Michael | 37 | 23 | 10 | 273 | 18 | 811 | 27 | 224 | 1 | - | 17 | - | - | 2 |
| St. June | 21 | 36 | 13 | 161 | 21 | 550 | 9 | 133 | 3 | - | 10 | 2 | - | 4 |
| St. George | 17 | 38 | - | 193 | 8 | 673 | 11 | 205 | 2 | - | 4 | 6 | - | — |
| Christchurch | 18 | 25 | 26 | 216 | 30 | 932 | 105 | 345 | 8 | - | 6 | 2 | - | 2 |
| St. Saviour | 19 | 30 | 48 | 222 | 36 | 1260 | 24 | 231 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Total | 299 | 368 | 467 | 4022 | 271 | 14892 | 879 | 4232 | 50 | — | 146 | 36 | 1 | 61 |
Number of Eats destroyed 1,235 Number of Mice destroyed 70