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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PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949
Type of Premises. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Local Authority | Dwellings | Business 8c Others | Total | |
I. Total properties | 30 | 24,690 | 4,790 | 29,510 |
II. Properties inspected as a result of:— | ||||
— | 1,631 | 612 | 2,243 | |
(b) Otherwise | 4 | 786 | 334 | 1,124 |
III. Number of properties (under II) infested by rats: | ||||
Major | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Minor | 3 | 459 | 586 | 1,048 |
IV. Number of properties (under II) seriously infested by mioe | _ | 880 | 86 | 966 |
V. Number of infested properties (III and IV) treated by local authority | 4 | 1,339 | 672 | 2,015 |
VI. Notices served under Sec. 4:— | ||||
(a) Treatment | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | |
VII. Number of cases in which default action taken by local authority following Seo. 4 notice | ||||
VIII. Legal Proceedings | — | — | — | — |
IX. Number of "block" oontrol schemes carried out | 51 | — | — | — |
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949
Domestic | Business | |
---|---|---|
Visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 868 | 133 |
Visits by Rodent Staff | 8,526 | 3,513 |
Drains tested | 413 | 130 |
Drains defective | 102 | 35 |
Drains repaired | 73 | 15 |
Drains opened for examination | 55 | 14 |
Prebaits laid | 7,580 | 49,288 |
Poison baits | 16,124 | 7,010 |
Bodies recovered | 310 | 300 |
Works oompleted by arrangement | 31 | 8 |