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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Analysis of Rats Found Dead.
| Dock. | Found Dead. | Classification of Species. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.D. | M.R. | M.A. | M.M. | |||
| Mill wall Dock | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Royal Albert Dock | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| West India Dock | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| East India Dock | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Royal Victoria Dock | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Tilbury Docks | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Surrey Commercial Dock | 15 | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
| King George V. Dock | - | - | - | - | - | |
| St. Katherine's Dock | - | - | - | - | - | |
| London Docks | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 43 | 23 | 18 | 2 | - | ||
| M.D. | 23 | |||||
| M.R. | 18 | |||||
| M.A | 2 | |||||
| M.M | - | |||||
| Total | 43 | |||||
Analysis of Rats Trapped.
| Dock. | Trapped. | Classification of Species. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.D. | M.R. | M.A. | M.M. | |||
| Millwall Dock | 289 | 141 | 136 | 12 | - | |
| Royal Albert Dock | 465 | 256 | 175 | 24 | 10 Mice. | |
| West India Dock | 25 | 13 | 12 | - | - | |
| East India Dock | 42 | 24 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| Royal Victoria Dock | 354 | 185 | 142 | 27 | - | |
| Tilbury Docks | 313 | 198 | 103 | 12 | - | |
| King George V. Dock | 187 | 59 | 116 | 12 | — | |
| Surrey Commercial Dock | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Unknown Dock | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | |
| St. Katherine's Dock | - | - | - | - | - | |
| London Docks | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1,681 | 881 | 702 | 88 | 10 Mice. | ||
| Brown | M.D. | 881 | ||||
| Black | M.R. | 702 | ||||
| „ | M.A. | 88 | ||||
| M.M. | - | |||||
| Mice | 10 | |||||
| Total | 1,681 | |||||
TABLE XXVIII.—Rat Fumigations.
| Date 1923. | Vessels. | Registerd Tonnage | Were lyning. | Parts of Vessel Funigted. | Funigted used. | No. of Rates reported found dead after fumigation. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. | ¾ | "Valecia" | 6,526 | Black Dry Dock | Whole Ship | Sulpher | 56 |
| „ | 17 | "Doricstar" | 10,441 | King George V. Dock. | Ditto | Ditto | 8 |
| „ | 17 | "Menominee" | 6,919 | Royal Albert Dock | Ditto | Ditto | 32 |
| „ | 24/25 | "Vennonia" | 5,225 | Blackwall Dry Dock | Ditto | Ditto | Nil. |
| „ | 27 | "Intaba" | 4,835 | West India Dock | Ditto | Ditto | 22 |
| Mar. | 10 | "Verbania" | 5,021 | Surrey Docks | Ditto | Ditto | Nil. |
| „ | 10 | "Scythian" | 4,865 | Royal Albert Dock | Ditto | Ditto | Nil. |
| „ | 10 | "Maine" | 6,600 | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Nil. |
| „ | 15 | "Missouri" | 4,697 | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 57 |
| „ | 17 | "Rotorua" | 12,184 | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 16 |
| „ | 23 | "Mesaba" | 8,002 | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | No record. |
| „ | 24 | "Antonia" | 13,867 | King George V. | Holds, Fore | Ditto | Ditto. |
| Dock. | Peak, Deck | ||||||
| Stores, After | |||||||
| Deck, Stores, | |||||||
| Crew's Qrs. | |||||||
| April | 7 | "Mississippi" | 4,738 | Royal Albert Dock | Whole Ship | Ditto | Nil. |
| May | 5 | "Westmoreland" | 9,152 | King George V. | Holds, 'Tween | Hydrocyanic | 5 |
| Dock. | Decks and Shelter Decks. | Acid Gas. | |||||
| „ | 26 | "Macedonia" | 11,089 | Ditto | Whole Ship | Sulphur | 40 |