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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

City of London 1915

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

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Table: TABLE IX.RETURN OF RATS EXAMINED BACTEBIOLOGICALLY, 1915.

TABLE IX.

RETURN OF RATS EXAMINED BACTEBIOLOGICALLY, 1915.

Dock.No. Trapped.Found Dead.Infected Eats:
Trapped.Found Dead.
Royal Albert6708......
Royal Victoria90243......
East India401...
Millwall167.........
West India261. ......
Tilbury922......
London3735......
Surrey Commercial6.........
St. Katharine548.........
Dock Unknown681......
2,89261Nil.Nil.

Table: S ummary—

S ummary—

Total rats examined2,953
„ „ infectedNil.
2.953

Table: S pecies—

S pecies—

Mus alexandrinus76
Mus decumanus (Norvegicus)2,239
Mus rattus560
Mus musculus5
Not classified73
2,953

Table: TABLE X. (Small-pox.)

TABLE X. (Small-pox.)

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with,
1915.
January 27s.s. " Eumaeus," of Liverpool, 135,485.Shanghai20Landed at Penang,
February 7s.s. " City of Marseilles," of Liverpool, 135,436.Calcutt7Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
16s.s. "Arabia," of Greenock, 105,581.Bombay1Landed at Suez.
March 5s.s. " Bencleugh," of Leitb, 109,605.Calcutta1Landed at Calcutta.
11s.s. "Worcestershire," of Liverpool, 118,126.RaDgoon1Landed at Colombo.
14s.s. " City of Birmingham," of Liverpool, 131,397.Calcutta1Ditto.
14s.s. " Barotse," of London, 112,825.Melbourne1Landed at Aden.
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