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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Eats Destroyed during 1932. TABLE E. (1) On Vessels.
Number of | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total in Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Black Rats | 95 | 1ll | 44 | 76 | 80 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 69 | 42 | 57 | 17 | 699 |
Brown Rats | — | — | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
Species not Recorded | 195 | 509 | 188 | 260 | 299 | 260 | 311 | 145 | 174 | 490 | 203 | 185 | 3,219 |
Rats examined | 95 | 111 | 49 | 79 | 84 | 42 | 36 | 31 | 69 | 49 | 61 | 19 | 725 |
Rats infected with Plague | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil |
See also Appendices XXVI. and XXVII.
TABLE F.
(2) In Docks, Quays, Wharves and Warehouses.
Number of | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total in Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Black Rats | 23 | 48 | 34 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 48 | 46 | 52 | 26 | 392 |
Brown Rats | 81 | 113 | 136 | 100 | 105 | 89 | 90 | 25 | 108 | 109 | 121 | 118 | 1,195 |
Species not Recorded | 286 | 238 | 247 | 444 | 361 | 359 | 519 | 388 | 341 | 395 | 235 | 298 | 4,111 |
Rats examined | 104 | 161 | 170 | 125 | 131 | 114 | 115 | 39 | 156 | 158 | 173 | 141 | 1,587 |
Rats infected with Plague | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil |
RATS EXAMINED—Vessels, Docks, Quays, &c 2,312
See also Appendices XXVI. and XXVII.
TABLE G.
Particulars relating to Plague "Infected" or "Suspected" Vessels arriving in the Port during 1932.
Name of Vessel. | Date of arrival. | Whether "Infected" or "Suspected" | Method of Rat Destruction employed. | Number of Dead Rats recovered. | Whether a Certificate of Deratisation was issued. | Remarks. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. Nil | 5. | 6. | 7. |
TABLE H.
Measures of Eat Destruction on Vessels from Scheduled Ports (other than those included in Table G) arriving in the Port during 1932. and number of Certificates issued in respect of such Vessels.
Total Number of Vessels arriving from Plague-infected Ports. | Number of such Vessels fumigated by S02. | Number of Dead Bats recovered. | Number of such Vessels fumigated by HCN. | Number of Dead Rats recovered. | Number of such Vessels on which Trapping, Poisoning, &c., were employed. | Number of Dead Rats recovered. | Number of such Vessels on which measures of Rat Destruction were not employed. | Number of Fumigation Certificates issued on Form "Port 11." | Number of other Certificates issued. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deratisation. | Exemption. | |||||||||
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. |
2,114 | 65 | 932 (359 mice.) | 51 | 483 (307 mice.) | 1,377 | 1,702 | 737 | 116 By fumigation. 1 By trapping. | 352 | — |