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removing all rubbish and at the same time distribute rat
poison, traps and birdlime to clear the block as quickly
as possible of its infective element, but this is not the
same thing exactly as a wholesale poisoning campaign
which regards only the destruction of the vermin without
removing the facilities for its rapid restoration.
The Secretary of State might perhaps be asked to
refer the report and a copy of this minute to the Bureau
of Tropical Diseases which has been formed to advise on
such questions as this.
23/3/14.
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Rannstlarn
M.O.H.