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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TABLE XXVIII.—Fumigation of Vessels for the Destruction of Rats.
Date Fumigated. 1925. | Name of Vessel. | Necessity for Fumigation. | Action taken. | No. of Rats reported found dead after Fumigation. |
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Jan. 1 | ss. "American Transport" | Ratty Ship | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 51 |
„ 3 | ss. "Andania" | American Regulations. | „ | 27 |
„ 9 | ss. " Ravensworth" | Ratty Storeroom | „ | Not known. |
„ 14 | ss. "Atlanticos" | Recently Plague Infected. | „ | Nil. |
— | ss. "Carnia" | Grain Ship | Vessel sailed for Italy. | — |
ss. "Karmala" | Excessive Rattiness during voyage. | Vessel sailed for Antwerp. | ||
„ 23 | ss. "Kaikoura" | American Regulations. | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | Not known. |
„ 24 | ss. "Mantua" | Rat Destruction. | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. | 67 |
„ 27 | ss. "Manchester Spinner" | Rat destruction | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 51 |
„ 31 | ss. "Verentia" | American Regulations. | „ | 17 |
Feb. 12 | ss. "Grelstone" | Rat destruction | „ | Not known. |
„ 13 | ss. "City of Corinth" | American Regulations. | „ | Nil. |
- | ss. "Elswick Park" | Rat infested | Allowed to proceed to the Tyne. | |
- | ss. "Boyne" | „ | Allowed to proceed to Middlesboro. | |
„ 20 | ss. "Rhode Island," | American | Fumigated with | Nil. |
„ 22 | Liverpool, 140,568. ss. "Hertford," London, 144,656. | Regulations. | Sulphur Dioxide. | Nil. |
„ 23 | ss. "London Exchange," London, 145,884. | „ | „ | Nil. |
„ 25 | ss. "Crawford Castle," London, 129,150. | „ | „ | Not known. |
„ 28 | ss. "Ioannes " of | Rat infested | „ | Not known. |
Mar. 1 | Argostali, Greece, ss. "Ruahine," Plymouth, 124,582. | American | „ | 31 |
„ 3 | ss. "Cumberland," London, 145,052. | Regulations. | „ | Nil. |
„ 7 | ss. "Dromore," Liverpool, 143,691. | „ | „ | Not known. |
„ 7 | Ss. "Vasconia," Liverpool, 141,885. | „ | „ | Nil. |
„ 14 | ss. "Nankin," Greenock, 131,857. | Rat infested | Fumigated with | 102 |
Greenock, 131,857. | Storeroom. | Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. | ||
„ 14 | ss. "Siamese Prince," Newcastle, 129,776. | Rat infested | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 151 |
- | ss. "Belltown " | Rat infested Storeroom. | To be fumigated in Bristol Channel. | |
„ 18 | ss. "Norfolk," | American | Fumigated with | Nil. |
„ 22 | London, 144,675. ss. "Masula," | Regulations. At owner's | Sulphur Dioxide. Fumigated with | 15 |
Glasgow, 141,904. | request. | Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. | ||
,, 26 | ss. "Egyptian," | Rat infested | Fumigated with | Not known. |
— | Liverpool, 143,646. ss. "Maresfield," London, 129,079. | „ | Sulphur Dioxide. To be fumigated in Bristol Channel. | — |
„ 30 | ss. "Minnewaska," | American | Fumigated with | 9 |
„ 31 | Belfast, 145,433. ss. "North-Western Miller," | Regulations. | Sulphur Dioxide. | 40 |
„ 31 | Liverpool, 137,431. ss. "Antigone," London, 123,694. | Rat infested. | To be fumigated in Newport (Mon.) | Not known. |
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