Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Methods of Rat Destruction Employed—
Name of Vessel. | Date of arrival. | From infected port. | Whether infected, or suspected. | Fumigation by Sulphur Dioxide. | Fumigation by Hydro-cyanic Acid. | Trapping, poisoning, &c. | No. of rats killed. | Whether a certificate of deratisation was issued. | |
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1923. | Brought forwad | 1 114 | |||||||
Sarthe | Feb. 7 | Rio Grande do Sul | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Eurydamas | 7 | Macassar | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
180 | Shunko Maru | 8 | Kobe | - | - | - | - | - | - |
City of Chester | 8 | Mauritius | - | - | - | - | 26 | - | |
Hartington | 8 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | Traps | 48 | - | |
Mantua | 9 | Bombay | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | 44 | - | |
Morvada | 9 | Calcutta | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Marken | 9 | Durban (via Suez Canal) | - | - | - | Traps | 25 | - | |
Palma | 9 | Brisbane | - | - | - | Ratcatcher | - | - | |
Mardinian | 9 | Alexandria | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Glaucus | 10 | Tientsin | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Neleus | 10 | Yokohama- | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
190 | Maindy Transport | 10 | Gibraltar | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Genar Karl | 10 | Genoa | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Benne | 11 | Port Harcourt | - | - | - | Ratcatcher | 64 | - | |
Sokoto | 11 | Duala | - | - | - | - | 50 | - | |
Worrington | 11 | Bussorah - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Cortona | 11 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
La Rosarina | 12 | Ditto | - | - | - | - | 74 | - | |
Barrabool | 12 | Sydney, &c. | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | 15 | - | |
Para | 12 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Willeasino | 12 | Bombay | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
200 | Phemius | 12 | Hong Kong | - | - | - | Traps | - | - |
Gelves | 13 | Genoa | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Palermo | 13 | Burriana | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
City of Pekin | 15 | Shanghai | - | - | - | Traps | 11 | - | |
Eumaeus | 15 | Yokohama | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Highland Pride | 15 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | 4 | - | |
Haruna Maru | 15 | Yokohama | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | |
Sicania | 15 | Naples and Spanish ports | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Septima | 15 | Cartagena | - | - | - | - | — | - | |
Draco | 15 | Venice and Spanish ports | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
210 | Naldera | 16 | Sydney | - | - | - | Traps | 42 | - |
Hubert | 16 | Brazil | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Nagara | 16 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | |
Bennekom | 16 | Bahia Blanca | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Argus | 16 | Valencia | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Hobson's Bay | 17 | Sydney | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | |
Torcello | 17 | Lisbon | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | |
Shannon Mead | 17 | Bahi Blanca | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Plassy | 18 | Yokohama | - | - | Traps | 55 | - | ||
Haguo | 18 | Rosario | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
•220 | Nykirk | 18 | Calcutta | - | - | - | - | - | - |
18 | Rangoon | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | ||
Carried forward | 1,608 |