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 Southwark, Borough of]
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Summary showing investigations and inspections made during the year 1927.
WARD. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Premises where Rats were found. | Action taken. | Probable Source. | Notices. | ||||||||
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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 | 43 | 53 | 33 | 450 | 49 | 2327 | 151 | 496 | 6 | – | 13 | – | – | 13 |
St. Paul | 57 | 81 | 22 | 386 | 43 | 1326 | 57 | 261 | 11 | – | 26 | 4 | – | 3 |
St. Peter | 59 | 52 | 33 | 177 | 43 | 610 | 43 | 176 | 6 | – | 25 | 2 | – | 6 |
St. John | 68 | 81 | 69 | 455 | 50 | 1812 | 40 | 381 | 6 | – | 35 | 2 | – | 1 |
Trinity | 61 | 74 | 130 | 253 | 56 | 876 | 62 | 169 | 8 | – | 47 | 5 | – | 27 |
All Saints' | 37 | 50 | 134 | 638 | 60 | 2322 | 130 | 472 | 10 | – | 31 | 8 | – | 9 |
St. Michael | 19 | 39 | 6 | 179 | 19 | 596 | 17 | 117 | 1 | – | 16 | 1 | – | 9 |
St. Jude | 70 | 60 | 157 | 122 | 56 | 279 | 19 | 59 | 3 | – | 25 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
St. George | 69 | 92 | 51 | 479 | 48 | 1563 | 44 | 423 | 7 | – | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Christchurch | 26 | 21 | 29 | 149 | 18 | 661 | 29 | 200 | – | – | 9 | – | – | 4 |
St. Saviour | 25 | 44 | 67 | 325 | 16 | 1690 | 93 | 464 | 1 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 1 |
Total | 534 | 647 | 731 | 3613 | 458 | 14062 | 685 | 3218 | 59 | – | 255 | 40 | 2 | 82 |
Number of Rats destroyed | 1,840 | Number of Mice destroyed | 68 |