21 MAY 1921, Page 25

The Incorporated Vermin Repression Society, of 44 Bedford Row, publishes

through Messrs. Bale, Sons, and Danielsson a spirited pamphlet on The Rat and How to Kill Him, by Alfred E. 3foore (9d.). The rat not only destroys food but also carries disease far and wide. Mr. Moore does not favour the employ- ment of any bacterial virus for destroying rats, but he gives practical hints as to other methods of dealing with the vermin. Local authorities should be encouraged to use the powers con- ferred on them by the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act of 1919, which is reprinted as an appendix to the pamphlet.