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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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ANNUAL TEST BAITING.
| VISITS. | Private Dvellinpcs | Business Premises | Apcricultura Property | Corporation Property | Sewers | Totals | Total No. of visit. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (a) SURVEYS. | |||||||||
| Re. complaints. Under Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949. | 576 346 922 | 65 89 154 | 1 9 | 10 | 12 52 | """ | 654 49 | 1150 | |
| No access (re. complaint) | 118 | 2 | _ | _ | 120 | ||||
| No access (re.Pests Act) | 50 | - | - | - | - | 50 | |||
| Miscellaneous | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 26 | 196 | 1346 | |
| (b) TREATMETTS. | |||||||||
| No. of visits | 3836 | 558 | 12 | 386 | - | 4792 | |||
| No.of properties treated No.of completed treatments | 487 537 | 50 56 | 2 2 | 36 42 | - | ||||
| (c) SEVERS | |||||||||
| 18th Maintenance treatment 33 manholes poison baited 19th Maintenance treatment | 94 | 94 | |||||||
| 6 manholes poison baited. annual Test baiting | 281 | 281 | 375 | ||||||
| Treatment of sewers in conjunction with surface infestrations. | Nil | Nil | - | ||||||
| (d) OTHER VISITS. | 7 6,520 | ||||||||
| 2. SURVEYS REVEALED:- | |||||||||
| Premises infested with rats | 508 | 52 | 6 | 38 | - | 604 | |||
| Premises infested with mice | 37 | 23 | 1 | 3 | - | 64 | |||
| Premises not infested | 377 | 79 | 3 | 23 | - | 482 | |||
| 1,150 | |||||||||
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