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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 1953
[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 & Others | Total | |
| II. Properties inspected as a result of:— | ||||
| (a) Notification | 2,510 | 435 | 2,945 | |
| 4.210 | "Block" | 4,210 | ||
| (c) Otherwise | — | 83 | 199 | 282 |
| III. Number of properties (under II) infested by rats: | ||||
| Major | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Minor | — | 908 | 396 | 1,304 |
| IV. Number of properties (under II) seriously infested by mice | 1,457 | 60 | 1,517 | |
| V. Number of infested properties (III and IV) treated by local authority | 2,368 | 459 | 2,827 | |
| VI. Notices served under Sec. 4:— | Informal | |||
| (a) Treatment | — | 64 | 64 | |
| (6) Structural, i.e., proofing | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| VII. Number of cases in which default action taken by local authority following Sec. 4 notice | ||||
| VIII. Legal Proceedings | — | — | — | |
| IX. Number of "Block" contral schemes carried out | Business 899 Domestic 4,055 | 4,954 | ||
Notes:—(a) Council houses are indicated in "Dwellings."
(5) Local Authority premises used for trading purposes are ineluded
in "Business premises."
(c) Sewers are not included in above table.
(d) Combined dwelling and business premises, where occupied by
same person, included in "Business Premises." Where
dwellings and business parts in separate occupation, each is
separately included in "Dwellings" and Business premises."
(e) Each property is entered once only for inspections, infestations
and treatments (Sections II to V above).