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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
Sutton and Cheam 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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(3) The cause or site of infestation at the 568 infested premises was:-
| Keeping of poultry | 7 |
| Inside premises (under floors etc.) - rats | 30 |
| Inside premises (under floors etc.) - mice | 56 |
| Buries, scrapes etc.,in gardens, land etc | 319 |
| Under or inside sheds | 154 |
| Defective drains | 2 |
| Total | 568 |
(4) Type of premises found to be infested:-
| With Rats | With Mice | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council Property | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Dwellinghouses | 448 | 25 | 473 |
| Business Premises, etc. | 23 | 25 | 48 |
| Schools, Hospitals, Canteens etc. | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| Land | 11 | - | 11 |
| Total | 498 | 70 | 568 |
(5) Summary of the type of premises and methods employed in clearing premises of rats and mice:-
| Type of Premises Cleared | |
| Dwellinghouses (mainly in gardens) | 482 |
| Food shops and food premises | 26 |
| Non-food shops | 6 |
| Waste land and building sites | 12 |
| Hospitals and Schools | 18 |
| Factories and Workplaces | 10 |
| Council Premises (other than dwellings) | 12 |
| Miscellaneous | 10 |
| Total | 576 |
Methods employed in clearing 576 premises of rats and mice.
| Warfarin and other Poison Baits | 575 |
| Rat and Mouse Proofing | - |
| Drains repaired | 1 |
| Total | 576 |
B Sewer Treatments
(1) Treatment So. 28 - Second Maintenance Treatment (1960-61)
The second maintenance treatment of soil sewer-manholes in the areas
found to be infested during the previous treatment was completed on the
21st March, 1961.
Anticoagulant poison - Warfarin 0.5% Master Mix was used with pinhead
oatmeal, technical white oil, castor sugar, and para-nitrophenol (mould
inhibitor) as a bait base.
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