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II. Remove and Obliterate their Nests, Burrows and Habitual
Haunts.
III. Make each Dwelling, as far as practicable, Rat-proof, and
remove all known harbourage for Rats in or near Dwellings.
The Port Authority have been urged to make their buildings ratproof
by laying the floors on concrete ; and where they are not
constructed of iron to sheath the lower part of the building with sheet
iron, which should extend for two feet into the ground to prevent them
burrowing.
IV. At the same time do not allow Waste Food (whether for
Human Beings, Chickens or other Animals) to accumulate
in or about the house.
The dock warehouses always contain abundance of food for rats.
This naturally attracts them, so that it is not possible to observe this
precaution in the docks of the Port of London.