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Destruction of Vermin 
4. What are the particular kinds of loss inflicted by the 
rats? 
A. Destruction of Food 
B. ,, ,, Material 
C. ,, ,, Animal Life 
4a. Can you approximately state in £ s. d. the loss caused 
in any one year ? 
in 190 about £ 
in 190 about £ 
in 190 about £ 
5. What means have you employed for destroying the 
rats (rat catchers, traps, bacteriological preparations, 
what kind) ? 
5a. What was the cost per year? About £ 
5b. Were the rats exterminated? 
5c. How long did your place remain free from rats after 
using such measures ? 
6. In using a poison or a bacteriological preparation, have 
you suffered any loss through domestic animals dying 
from eating poison or virus, or eating rats killed with 
poison or virus ? Please state full particulars. 
7. Have you made any systematic efforts to deal with the 
rat trouble, either alone or in co-operation with 
others ? 
7a. If so, what were the means employed? 
7b. What was the form of co-operation (state whether 
co-operation between neighbours, the residents of a 
parish, or several parishes, or of a rat and sparrow 
club) ? 
8 . 
Can you state the approximate result of such systematic 
efforts ? 
Number of rats killed in 190 
Remarks: 
9 > 
99 
99 
9 9 
190 
190 
190 
190 
9. Can you mention any particular incidents illustrating 
the power of rats for doing injury ? 
