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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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The treatment of foul sewers was carried out in May and November using the anti-coagulent, Warfarin, and baiting was concentrated in specific areas known to be persistently infested with rats.
| May. | November. | |
|---|---|---|
| Manholes test-baited | 66 | Nil |
| Manholes above found infested | 6 | Nil |
| Manholes Warfarin-baited | 45 | 40 |
| Manholes infested | 15 | 13 |
| Number of visits | 312 | 160 |
SECTION D. —HOUSING. TABLE 24. — Housing Statistics for 1964.
| 1. Number of dwellings owned by the Local Authority:— | ||
| Number of houses | 1,337 | |
| Number of Flats | 745 | |
| Total | 2,082 | |
| 2. Unfit Houses. | ||
| (a) Dwelling houses inspected | 182 | |
| (b) Total number of visits made | 1,396 | |
| (c) Clearance Areas represented to Council | 2 | |
| (d) Dwellings included in (c) above | 12 | |
| (e) Compulsory Purchase Orders made by Council | 1 | |
| (f) Dwellings demolished after Clearance Orders made | Nil | |
| (g) Dwellings represented for Demolition or Closing Orders | 5 | |
| (h) Undertakings received that dwellings be not used for human habitation | 1 | |
| (i) Closing Orders made | ||
| (a) in respect of whole of building. | 1 | |
| (b) in respect of part of building | 1 | |
| (j) Dwellings demolished in pursuance of Demolition Order | Nil | |
| (k) Undertakings received to repair dwellings | 1 | |
| (1) Closing Orders determined on a building being made fit | 1 | |
| (m) Undertakings cancelled on dwellings being made fit | 1 | |
| (n) Dwellings in respect of which formal notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 13 | |
| (o) Dwellings in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices ... | 13 | |
| (p) Dwellings in respect of which informal notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 273 | |
| (q) Dwellings in which defects were remedied after service of informal notices | 312 | |