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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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The treatment of foul sewers was carried out onmay and November using the anti-coagulent, Warfarin, and bating was concentreated in specific areas knows to be persistently in infested with rats.
| May. | November. | |
|---|---|---|
| Manholes test-baited | 43 | Nil |
| Manholes above found infested | Nil | Nil |
| Manholes Warfarin-baited | 47 | 54 |
| Manholes infested | 19 | 12 |
| Number of visits | 264 | 216 |
2. Unfit Houses.
| (a) | Dwelling houses inspected | 288 |
| (b) | Total number of visits made | 1,337 |
| (c) | Clearance Areas represented to Council | 1 |
| (d) | Dwellings included in (c) above | 28 |
| (e) | Compulsory Purchase Orders made by Council | 1 Nil |
| (f) | Dwellings demolished after Clearance Orders made | |
| (g) | Dwellings represented for Demolition or Closing Orders | 15 |
| (h) | Undertakings received that dwellings be not used for human habitation | Nil |
| (i) | Closing Orders made | |
| (a) in respect of whole of building | 1 | |
| (b) in respect of part of building | 3 | |
| (j) | Dwellings demolished in pursuance of Demolition Order | Nil |
| (k) | Undertakings received to repair dwellings | Nil |
| (l) | Closing Orders determined on a building being made fit | 2 |
| (m) | Undertakings cancelled on part of a building being made fit | Nil |
| (n) | Dwellings in respect of which formal notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 18 |
| (o) | Dwellings in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices | 20 |
2. Unfit Houses.
(a)
Dwelling houses inspected
288
(b)
Total number of visits made
1,337
(c)
Clearance Areas represented to Council
1
(d)
Dwellings included in (c) above
28
(e)
Compulsory Purchase Orders made by Council
1
Nil
(f)
Dwellings demolished after Clearance Orders made
(g)
Dwellings represented for Demolition or Closing
Orders
15
(h)
Undertakings received that dwellings be not used
for human habitation
Nil
(i)
Closing Orders made
(a) in respect of whole of building
1
(b) in respect of part of building
3
(j)
Dwellings demolished in pursuance of Demolition
Order
Nil
(k)
Undertakings received to repair dwellings
Nil
(l)
Closing Orders determined on a building being
made fit
2
(m)
Undertakings cancelled on part of a building
being made fit
Nil
(n)
Dwellings in respect of which formal notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied
18
(o)
Dwellings in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices
20