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 certifi- cate of deratisation was issued. | |
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1923. | Brought forward | 6,162 | - | ||||||
La Rosarina | Oct. 3 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | - | 31 | - | |
Dardanus | 3 | Shanghai | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Mashobra | 3 | Calcutta | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | - | - | |
City of Canterbury | 3 | Ditto | - | - | - | Traps | 2 | - | |
Baron Lovat | 4 | Rangoon | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Deucalion | 5 | Java | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
1060 | China | 5 | Bombay | - | - | - | Traps | 55 | - |
City of Durham | 5 | Cochin | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | |
Grantully Castle | 6 | Beira | - | - | - | - | 26 | - | |
Broadville | 6 | Tunis and Oran | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Suwa Maru | 6 | Yokohama | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Rudolf | 6 | Patras | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Stralsund | 7 | Alexandria | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Worsley Hall | 8 | Smyrna | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Tudor Star | 8 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | - | 44 | - | |
Orvieto | 9 | Brisbane | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
1070 | Patroclus | 9 | Taku Bar | - | - | - | Traps | - | - |
Hemisphere | 10 | Java | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Gotenhof | 10 | Candia | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Dagmar | 10 | Almeria | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Clan Colquhoun | 10 | Calcutta | - | - | - | Traps | 17 | - | |
Crane | 11 | Genoa and Smyrna | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Dalgoma | 11 | Karachi | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | - | - | |
Hermod | 11 | Sundsvall | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Highland Pride | 11 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | - | - | |
Hoemskerk | 11 | Mombasa | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1080 | Clan Stuart | 11 | Bombay | - | - | - | Traps | - | - |
Grane | 12 | Casa Blanca | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Sir James Bell | 12 | Colon Argentine | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Highway | 12 | Bahia Blanca | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Princesa | 12 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Celtic Star | 12 | Zarate | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Macedonia | 13 | Yokohama | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Berrima | 13 | Sydney, &c. | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | - | - | |
Hekla | 13 | Denia | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Sigdal | 13 | Malaga | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1000 | Leicestershire | 13 | Rangoon | - | - | - | Traps | - | - |
Penthaw | 14 | Bahia Blanca | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Lesreaulx | 14 | Ditto | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Artushof | 15 | Patras | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Bjerke | 15 | Palermo, &c. | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Carried forward | 6,346 |