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 Coulsdon]
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PREVENTION OP DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949.
The following table is a tabular statement indicating the action taken in 1957.
Type of Property. | Number of properties inspected by the Local Authority as a result of: | Number of properties found to be infested by | Number of treatments carried out by Department by arrangement with occupier. | Number of Notices served under Section 4. | Number of inspections made | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notification. | Otherwise | Total | Rats | Mice | Rats | Mice | Treatment | Structuaal works i.e. proofing | Primary and reinsepctions. | Sewer treatment | Total | |
local Authority | 5 | 16 | 21 | .6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |||
telling Houses | 327 | 91 | 418 | 224 | 40 | 199 | - | - | - | |||
Business Premises | 36 | 52 | 88 | 28 | 16 | 25 | 16 | - | - | 4,265 | 1,148 | 5,413 |
Agricultural | - | 82 | 82 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |||
TOTAL | 368 | 241 | 609 | 263 | 60 | 233 | 58 | - | - |