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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
City of London 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919. Details of Work Carried Out under the above Act for the Year.
| Month. | Initial Inspections. | Number of Buildings found to be Infested. | Number of cases of Black Rat Infestation. | Number of cases of Brown Rat Infestation. | Methods Employed to Destroy Rats. | Drainage and Sewerage carried out during the year. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rat Catcher Employed. | Poison Used. | Traps. | By City Engineer's Department. | By M.O.H. Department. | ||||||
| January | 52 | 50 | 38 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 35 | 130 | ||
| February | 43 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 27 | |||
| March | 50 | 48 | 40 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 14 | |||
| April | 34 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 15 | |||
| May | 46 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 17 | |||
| June | 58 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 25 | |||
| July | 63 | 63 | 58 | 5 | 31 | 12 | 22 | |||
| August | ||||||||||
| September | 44 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 18 | |||
| October | 52 | 49 | 45 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 27 | |||
| November | 48 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 18 | |||
| December | 35 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 19 | |||
| Totals | 525 | 496 | 446 | 50 | 191 | 112 | 237 | 130 | ||