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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Summary showing investigations and inspections made during the year 1926.
| 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 Bat 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 | 27 | 31 | 61 | 464 | 42 | 2504 | 181 | 455 | 3 | - | 17 | 2 | - | 17 |
| St. Paul | 71 | 85 | 52 | 615 | 69 | 2542 | 121 | 477 | 11 | - | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| St. Peter | 25 | 25 | 20 | 102 | 18 | 488 | 47 | 135 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| St. John | 12 | 26 | 58 | 469 | 27 | 2029 | 48 | 478 | 7 | - | 17 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Trinity | 41 | 67 | 117 | 455 | 50 | 1771 | 98 | 385 | 8 | - | 53 | 6 | - | 28 |
| All Saints' | 39 | 34 | 67 | 386 | 55 | 1407 | 71 | 268 | 15 | - | 28 | 1 | - | 8 |
| St. Michael | 6 | 67 | 11 | 322 | 24 | 1544 | 79 | 307 | 3 | - | 11 | 2 | - | 3 |
| St. Jude | 24 | 36 | 26 | 125 | 37 | 382 | 27 | 74 | 2 | - | 10 | 11 | - | 8 |
| St. George | 62 | 131 | 34 | 485 | 58 | 2060 | 129 | 433 | 4 | - | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Christchurch | 9 | 10 | 37 | 128 | 12 | 610 | 73 | 211 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| St. Saviour | 17 | 12 | 82 | 166 | 18 | 2107 | 81 | 281 | 2 | - | 7 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Total. | 333 | 524 | 565 | 3717 | 410 | 17444 | 955 | 3504 | 59 | — | 222 | 42 | 3 | 79 |
| Number of Rats destroyed | 1,779 | Number of Mice destroyed | 106 | |||||||||||