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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
Barking 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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1. PREVALENCE OF RATS AND MICE.
| Type of Property | No. of properties in Area in which infestation was found | Analysis of Column 4. Number infested by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Total | (2) Notified by Occupier | (3) Otherwise discovered | (4) Total | RATS | MICE Only | ||
| Major | Minor | ||||||
| Local Authority's property | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Dwelling houses | 20,162 | 220 | 188 | 408 | - | 335 | 73 |
| Business premises | 1,711 | 23 | 45 | 68 | - | 51 | 17 |
| Totals | 21,902 | 245 | 236 | 481 | 2 | 387 | 92 |
2. MEASURES OF CONTROL BY CORPORATION.
| Type of Property | No. of properties inspected | No. of inspections made | No. of notices served under Section 4 | No. of treatments carried out by arrangement with Occupier | Under Section 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Works | Rats | Mice only | Rats | Mice only | |||
| Local Authoritie's Property | 5 | 14 | - | - | 25 | 2 | - | - |
| Dwelling House | 408 | 918 | - | - | 335 | 73 | - | - |
| Business Premises | 68 | 146 | - | - | 153 | 30 | - | - |
| Totals | 481 | 1,078 | - | - | 513 | 105 | - | - |
Unclassied Properties:—Properties which do not appropriately fall
under other classifications are included under
business premises.
The foregoing table shows figures for only nine months of the year
during which the new Act was operative. It is therefore necessary to give
the following figures for the period January to March during which the
Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1939, remained in force.
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