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Tottenham 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Repair of Houses by the Council.
Work carried out in default and by agreement in respect
of orders given to builders in 1947:— £ s d
Section 9, Housing Act, 1936—241 premises: 14,272.16. 9
Section 39, Public Health
Act, 1936 — 16 premises: 287.14. 7
Section 45, Public Health
Act, 1936 — 9 premises: 95. 7. 2
Section 93, Public Health
Act, 1936 — 2 premises: 265.10. 1
Section 79, Public Health
Act, 1936 — 11 premises: 5. 0. 3
Section 48, Tottenham Urban
District Council Act, 1900— 36 premises: 57.16. 9
Work carried out for maintenance
of public sewers (Section
24, Public Health
Act, 1936) — 41 premises: 798.16. 1
£15,783. 1. 8
RODENT CONTROL.
The Chief Sanitary Inspector reports as follows:—
Block Control Treatment.
The "Block Control" treatment of the Borough, carried out in
accordance with Ministry Circular N.S.12, was completed in July.
This treatment, which was commenced in October, 1946, was described fully in my 1946 Report, but I am now able to publish the following statistical summary of the results:—
| Number of Premises circularised with questionnaire as to rat infestation | 25,333 | |
| Number of replies received complaining of rat infestation | 2,620 | |
| Number of points pre-baited | Houses | Factory Premises |
| 6,456 | 1,383 | |
| 7,839 | ||
| Estimated number of rats killed | Houses | Factory Premises |
| 15,286 | 7,377 | |
| 22,663 | ||