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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

West Ham 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Of 17 Intimation Notices served under Section 4 of the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949, in only two cases was it found necessary to serve Statutory Notices.

Of 17 Intimation Notices served under Section 4 of the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949, in only two cases was it found necessary to serve Statutory Notices.

Investigational visits to premisesOperational visits to premises
Houses1,4796,116
Factories163350
Shops210335
Other business premises107156
Bomb sites, tips, allotments and ditches94151
Schools44255
Corporation property73156
Hospitals1577
Club17
Church Halls213
Churches210
2,1907,626

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Resulting from the above investigational visits, 680 premises were found to be infested with
rats, and 664 infested with mice.

Table: DISINFESTATIONS-VERMIN

DISINFESTATIONS-VERMIN

Houses503323
Factories184
Shops165
Other business premises3218
Bomb-sites, tips, allotments and ditches1-
Schools179
Corporation property118
Hospitals4121
639388

Table: DISINFECTIONS

DISINFECTIONS

Houses88
Factories--
Hospitals77
Emergency Water Supply Tanks2510
4025

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School Plimsolls 205.
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