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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
Surbiton 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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In February the ninth, maintenance treatment of the Corporation's sewer system was carried out as follows:
| " 1 9th Maintenance treatment | |||
| Area | No.of manholes pre-baited | No.of manholes showing takes of pre-bait and subsequently poison baited. | No. of manholes showing takes of poison bait. |
| 2 | 22 | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | Nil | - |
| 6 | 21 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 54 | 13 | 8 | |
Normally a further maintenance treatment would have been carried out during the month of August, but owing
to staff illness this was waived with the approval of the Ministry.
In December the annual test baiting of the Corporation's sewers was carried out the results being as follows. The "areas" are just a convenient geographical division of the Borough for the purposes of this work.
| Area | No. of manholes test baited. | No. of manholes showing partial takes of test bait. | - No. of manholes showing complete takes of test bait. | No.of manholes showing no take of test bait. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Nil | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 15 | " | Nil | 15 |
| 3 | 16 | " | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | 28 | " | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | 11 | " | Nil | 11 |
| 6 | 33 | " | " | 33 |
| 7 | 4 | " | " | 4 |
| 8 | 33 | " | " | 33 |
| 9 | 28 | " | " | 28 |
| 179 | Nil | 7 | 172 |
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