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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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VISITS
| 1 . (a) SURVEYS | Private Dwellings | Business Premises | Agricultural Property | Corporation Property | Sewers | Totals | Total No. of visits | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Re. complaints | 569 | 109 | – | 8 | – | 686 | ||||||
| Under Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 | 525 | 1094 | 126 | 235 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 40 | – | 687 | 1373 | |
| No access (re. complaint) | 138 | 1 | _ | 1 | – | 140 | ||||||
| No. access (re. Pests Act) | 92 | – | 2 | – | 94 | |||||||
| Miscellaneous | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 9 | 243 | 1616 | ||||
| (b) TREATMENTS | ||||||||||||
| No. of visits | 3756 | 965 | – | 142 | – | 4863 | ||||||
| No. of properties treated | 427 | 73 | – | 16 | – | |||||||
| No. of completed treatments | 491 | 103 | – | 17 | –— | |||||||
| 22nd Maintenance treatment) 22 manholes poison "baited) 23rd Maintenance treatment) 34 manholes poison "baited) | – | – | – | – | 186 | 186 | ||||||
| Annual test baiting | – | – | – | – | 368 | 368 | 554 | |||||
| Treatment of sewers in conjunction with surface infestations | – | -– | – | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| (d) OTHER VISITS. | 47 | |||||||||||
| 2. SURVEYS RE-VALID. | 7091 | |||||||||||
| Premises infested with rats | 448 | 78 | 2 | 13 | – | 541 | ||||||
| Premises infested with mice | 51 | 33 | – | 3 | – | 87 | ||||||
| Premises not infested | 595 | 124 | 2 | 24 | – | 745 | ||||||
| 1373 | ||||||||||||