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Port of London 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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Table: TABLE XI.RETURN OF RATS EXAMINED BACTERIOLOGICALLY, 1914.

TABLE XI.

RETURN OF RATS EXAMINED BACTERIOLOGICALLY, 1914.

Dock.No. Trapped.Found Dead.Infected Rats:
Trapped.Found Dead.
Royal Albert5261......
Royal Victoria73357......
East India62.........
Millwall1562......
West India67.........
Tilbury12426......
London2175......
Surrey Commercial100.........
St. Katharine610.........
Dock Unknown30.........
2,62591......

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Summary—Total rats examined - - 2,716
„ „ infected - - Nil.
RAT PLAGUE.
In my last Annual Report, I gave particulars of a Conference which had been held
between the Port of London Sanitary Authority and the Port of London Authority,
at the Local Government Board, with a view to certain measures being taken in the
docks to prevent the risk of plague arising within the Port of London. I regret to
say that no serious attempt has been made to have these measures carried out.

Table: TABLE XII. (Small-pox.)

TABLE XII. (Small-pox.)

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1914.
January 9s.s. "Antigone," of London, 123,694.Smyrna1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
„ 24s.s. "Karin" (Swedish)Barcelona1Ditto.
„ 30s.s. "Macedonia," of Belfast, 116,012.Sydney1Removed to Hospital at Harrogate.
February 7s.s. "Malwa," of Greenock, 127,543.Ditto1Landed at Gibraltar.
April 3s.s. "Mombassa," of Glasgow, 96,082.Calcutta3One landed at Aden, and two at Marseilles,
May 23s.s. "Media," of Liverpool, 129,598.Ditto1Removed to Hospital at Suez.
August 16s.s. "Nevasa," of Glasgow, 133,102.Ditto1Landed at Colombo.
Total9

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SMALL-POX.
The s.s. "Antigone" of London, 123,694, arrived on the 9th January from Smyrna,
when a case of Small-pox was removed therefrom to Denton Hospital.