REGARDING rat infestation at Brierfield (LET, June 18), I have observed the black variety - the ones that carry bubonic plague - in the centre of the town. The rat warden is recovering 10 to 20 large rats a day.

C FENTON (Mr), Wood Street Flats, Brierfield.

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