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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
Richmond upon Thames 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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| Visits made | 134 |
| Licences for which applications for renewal were made during the year : — | |
| (a) Petroleum Spirit | 42 |
| (b) Carbide of Calcium | 2 |
| Licences transferred during the year | 1 |
| New licences issued during the year | 4 |
| Premises under Government control and not subject to licence by the Local Authority | 3 |
| Reason. | Houses. | Rooms. | Bedding. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Fevers | 21 | 30 | 184 |
| Tuberculosis | 10 | 11 | 82 |
| Other Diseases | 6 | 6 | 88 |
| Vermin | 51 | 120 | 75 |
| Total | 88 | 167 | 429 |
Six ponds were sprayed with an insecticide for the eradication of
mosquitoes.
The total costs recovered from the disinfection and disinfestation
of rooms during the year amounted to £23 9s. 9d.
DESTRUCTION OF INSECT PESTS IN THE HOME.
With the release of D.D.T. for civilian use, the year 1945 has
seen a revolution in our methods of vermin-destruction.
Known to chemists for over half a century, this substance was
re-discovered as an insecticide in 1940, in which capacity it made its
sensational debut in Switzerland by saving the entire potato crop from
the Colorado beetle.