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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Fumigation of Vessels for the Destruction of Rats—continued.
Date. Fumigated | Name of Vessel. | Necessity for Fumigation. | Action taken. | No. of Rats reported found dead after Fumigation. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1927. | ||||
July 28 | ss. " Raranga " | American Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 34 |
„ 23 | ss. " Middlesex " | „ „ | „ „ | Nil. |
„ 27 | ss: " Brandenberg " | Canadian Regulations | „ „ | Not known. |
„ 29 | ss. " Mahia " | American Regulations | „ „ | 64 |
„ 30 | ss. " Nortonian " | „ „ | „ „ | 31 |
Aug. 6 | ss. " Ruapehu " | „ „ | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid. | 3 |
„ 8 | ss. " Rotorua " | „ „ | „ „ | 3 |
„ 11 | ss. " Rossetti" | Rat Infested | „ „ | 150 |
„ 13 | ss. " Ferndale " | Australian Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | Nil. |
„ 20 | ss. " Tongariro " | American Regulations | „ „ | Nil. |
„ 22 | ss. " Tairoa " | Australian Regulations | „ „ | 71 |
„ 22 | ss. " Orvieto " | „ „ | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid. | Nil. |
„ 27 | ss. " Beltana " | „ „ | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 286 |
„ 28 | ss. " London Mariner " | American Regulations | „ „ | Not known. |
„ 31 | ss. " Phidias " | Rat Infested | „ „ | Not known. |
Sept. 1 | ss. " Georgios M." | „ | „ „ | 97 |
„ 1 | ss. " Largs Bay " | Australian Regulations | „ „ | Nil. |
„ 3 | ss. " Remuera " | American Regulations | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid. | Nil. |
„10 | ss. " Otranto " | Australian Regulations | Nil. | |
„ 14 | ss. " Brandon " | American Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 67 |
„ 17 | ss. " Ormonde " | Australian Regulations | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid. | Nil. |
„ 19 | ss. " Hobson's Bay " | „ „ | Cargo spaces fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | Nil. |
„ 25 | „ | „ „ | Accommodation fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid. | Nil. |
„ 24 | ss. " Mississippi" | American Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 26 |
„ 27 | ss. " Athelmere " | Rat Infested | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 7 |
„ 28 | ss. " Carmania " | American Regulations | „ „ | 62 |
Oct. 1 | ss. " Port Dunedin " | Australian Regulations | „ „ | Nil. |
„ 8 | ss. " Oronsay " | „ „ | „ „ | Nil. |
— | ss. " Tregarthen " | Rat Infested | Allowed to proceed to Barry. | 115 |
To be fumigated there. | ||||
- | ss. " Darius " | „ | Allowed to proceed to Bristol Channel. To be fumigated there. | 134 |
„ 11 | ss. " Esperance Bay " | Australian Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | Not known. |
— | ss. " Cambrian Maid " | Rat Infested | Allowed to proceed to Antwerp. To be fumigated there. | 164 |
„ 14 | ss. " Missouri" | American Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 38 |
„ 14 | ss. " Brecon " | Canadian Regulations | „ „ | Nil. |
„ 15 | ss. " Osterley " | Australian Regulations | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid. | Nil. |
„ 15 | ss. " Hororata " | American Regulations | „ „ | Not known. |
„ 20 | ss. " Berwyn " | Canadian Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | Not known. |
„ 29 | ss. " Rimutaka " | American Regulations | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid. | 6 |
Nov. 2 | ss. " Moreton Bay " | Australian Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 48 |
„ 4 | ss. " Bothwell" | Canadian Regulations | „ „ | Not known. |
„ 4 | ss. " Port Huon " | Australian Regulations | „ „ | Nil. |
„ 5 | ss. " Orama " | „ „ | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid. | Nil. |
„ 7 | ss. " Ruahine " | American Regulations | „ „ | 32 |
„ 12 | ss. " Otira " | „ „ | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 14 |
„ 15 | ss. " Bolivian " | „ „ | „ „ | 56 |
„ 18 | ss. " Jervis Bay " | Australian Regulations | „ „ | — |