Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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The figures which follow indicate the extent of the work carried out during the year, and suggest that we are keeping the rodent population to a satisfactorily low level.
| 1. VISITS. | PrivAte Dwell!ngs | Business Preralses | Agricultural Property | Corporation Property | Sewers | Totals | Total No. of visits | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Surveys Re. complaints | 430 | 66 | 3 | 9 | — | 508 | ||||||
| Under Prevention of Damage "by Pests Act, 1949. | 786 | 1216 | 129 | 195 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 39 | 958 | 1466 | ||
| No access (re. complaint) | 91 | 4 | __ | 1 | 96 | |||||||
| No access (re. Pests Act) | 118 | 1 | 1 | 120 | ||||||||
| Miscellaneous | 99 | 8 | - | - | 107 | 323 | 1789 | |||||
| (b) Treatments No. of visits | 3212 | 416 | 27 | 138 | 3793 | 3793 | ||||||
| No. of properties treated | 434 | 46 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||
| No. of completed treatments | 582 | 71 | 3 | 26 | ||||||||
| (c) Sewers | ||||||||||||
| Ninth Maintenance treatment (54 manholes pre-baited 13 manholes poison baited) | 175 | |||||||||||
| Annual Test baiting | 359 | 534 | ||||||||||
| Treatment of sewers in conjunction with surface infestations | 15 | 15 | 549 | |||||||||
| (d) Other visits | 34 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 6165 | ||||||||||||
2. SURVEYS REVEALED.
| Premises infested with rats | 457 | 44 | 5 | 16 | 522 | |||||
| Premises infested with mice | 42 | 26 | Nil | 4 | 72 | |||||
| Premises not infested | 717 | 1216 | 125 | 195 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 39 | 872 | 1466 |
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