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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX T.
Return of Rats caught and destroyed in the Docks.
| 1902. | Totals | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Not. | Dec. | ||
| Millwall Dock— Warehouses | 615 | 539 | 647 | 590 | 634 | 307 | 262 | 284 | 175 | 197 | 172 | 118 | 4,540 |
| Vessels | 36 | 2 | 133 | 3 | 106 | — | 40 | 155 | 120 | 216 | 281 | 166 | 1,258 |
| Surrey Commercial Dk.— Warehouses | 83 | 98 | 136 | 118 | 193 | 146 | 138 | 179 | 149 | 106 | 124 | 18 | 1,488 |
| Vessels | 166 | 56 | 179 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | 8 | — | 482 |
| Regent's Dock— Warehouses | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 123 |
| Vessels | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Katharine's Dock— Warehouses | 26 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 72 |
| Vessels | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| London Dock— Warehouses | 79 | 33 | 63 | 42 | 78 | 68 | 64 | 71 | 127 | 78 | 71 | 46 | 820 |
| Vessels | 46 | 21 | — | 11 | 101 | 136 | 109 | 30 | 170 | 130 | — | 15 | 769 |
| Albert and Viotoria Dk.— Warehouses | 119 | 232 | 192 | 232 | 348 | 265 | 258 | 344 | 266 | 193 | 294 | 224 | 2,967 |
| Vessels | 2,425 | 2,386 | 5 227 | 5,689 | 4,841 | 3,472 | 4,290 | 4,040 | 2,641 | 1,930 | 3,062 | 2,021 | 42,004 |
| Tilbury Dock— W arehouses | 352 | 402 | 586 | 499 | 548 | 459 | 331 | 405 | 391 | 484 | 631 | 456 | 5,544 |
| Vessels | 1,605 | 520 | 645 | 557 | 478 | 651 | 1,481 | 1,575 | 1,609 | 1,165 | 1,251 | 1,039 | 12,576 |
| West India Dock— Warehouses | 362 | 279 | 386 | 227 | 378 | 280 | 227 | 195 | 179 | 182 | 221 | 164 | 3,080 |
| Vessels | 1,207 | 621 | 1,031 | 511 | 1,262 | 861 | 501 | 446 | 462 | 591 | 554 | 1,671 | 9,718 |
| East India Dock— Warehouses | 14 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 34 | 35 | 56 | 53 | 39 | 34 | 56 | 44 | 422 |
| Vessels | 481 | 572 | 337 | 538 | 229 | 533 | 365 | 195 | 51 | 89 | 131 | 27 | 3,548 |
| River (Vessels) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 200 | — | — | — | — | — | 200 |
| Poplar and Midland Dks. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 7,626 | 5,769 | 9,593 | 9,063 | 9,247 | 7,227 | 8,326 | 7,981 | 6,406 | 5,478 | 6,873 | 6,022 | 89,611 j |
Total brought forward from last Report - 96,371
Total from 1st January to 31st December, 1902 :—
On Vessels ------ 70,555
In Dock Warehouses, &c. - - - 19,056
89,611
Total - - 185,982