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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
Southwark 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 27.
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919.
Summary showing investigations and inspections made during the year 1934.
| DISTRICT. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Pro misos where Rats woro found. | Action taken. | Probable Source. | Notices. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Council's Official. | By Occupiers. | Pro mi son Frood of Rata. | ||||||||||||
| By Inspectors | By Rat Offloer. | By Inspootors | By Rat Offloer. | Baits laid by Rat () fllicor with poison | Wiro Traps Set. | Broak-baok Traps Set • | Rat Runs and Holes. | Dofootivo Drains. | Defective Sowers. | |||||
| Cats or Dogs. | ||||||||||||||
| No. 1 | 57 | 47 | 104 | 305 | 26 | 1280 | 34 | 352 | 3 | 33 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| No. 2 | 36 | 56 | 105 | 110 | 32 | 457 | 13 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| No 3 | 51 | 48 | 73 | 132 | 17 | 412 | 3 | 91 | 7 | 14. | 25 | 3 | ||
| No. 4 | 24 | 32 | 80 | 347 | 23 | 1290 | 39 | 315 | 9 | 1 7 | 17 | 3 | 4: | |
| No 5 | 39 | 42 | 72 | 419 | 21 | 1822 | 98 | 1Q | 1 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | ||
| No. 6 | 34 | 27 | 48 | 267 | 30 | 1084 | 8 | 267 | 1 | |||||
| No. 7 | 42 | 81 | 89 | 334 | 33 | 1344 | 38 | 347 | 2 | 20 | 33 | 33 | 3 | - |
| No. 8 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 100 | 7 | 372 | 11 | 61 | l | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| No. 9 | 62 | 92 | 187 | 436 | 34 | 1648 | 118 | ox 480 | 14 | 35 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 4 |
| Total | 370 | 445 | 774 | 2450 | 223 | 9709 | 355 | 2348 | 60 | 205 | 211 | 136 | 26 | 42 |
Number of Rats destroyed 1073.
During "Rat Week" 3,000 additional baits were laid at the Council's Depots.