[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough.

  • Banbury (Oxfordshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Treatment of Sewers. In addition to the figures given above the sewers were treated during the month of July, 1944 For tliis purpose tlie tovm was divided into four seetions and the aetual work of baiting was spread over a period of four weeks, one week for each district. The treatment con- sisted of the placing of pre-bait on the benching etc. in manholes on four consecutive days ; poison baiting on the fifth day ; and the final inspection of manholes on the sixth day. The following Table gives details of the treatment :— Section No. of Man- holes. No. Baited. Pro-bait takes Poison takes No. of Bodies Found c (J S T’l NT c G s T’l NT No. 1 Grimsbury 73 64 30 15 45 19 22 7 29 35 10 No. 2 Easington 67 66 4 4 26 4 4 62 No. 3 Neithrop 65 64 7 10 17 47 6 11 1 47 47 No. 4 Banbury (Central) 55 47 15 11 2 28 19 12 14 2 28 19 9 260 241 56 21 17 94 147 44 25 9 78 163 66 Abbreviations used—“C” Complete Take ; “G” Good Take ; “S” Small Take ; “NT” No-take. Bait used—Sau.sage Ru.sk. Prison—Zinc Phosphide.