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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 1923

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

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Table: TABLE XXXII.—Form C.Methods of Rat Destruction Employed.

TABLE XXXII.—Form C.

Methods of Rat Destruction Employed.

Name of Vessel.Date of arrival. 1923.From infected port.Whether infected, or suspected.Fumigation by Sulphur Dioxide.Fumigation by Hydro-cyanic Acid.Trapping, poisoning, &c.No. of rats killed.Whether a certificate of deratisation was issued.
City of NagpurJan. 1Calcutta---Traps--
Baradine1Sydney---Traps & Poison52-
Suncliffe1Bussorah------
Stroma1S. Nicholas------
Clan Urquhart1Bombay---Traps6-
Montagah2Smyrna------
Patroclus2Java------
Glenaff2Yokohama------
Clan Matheson2Chittagong---Traps--
10Carlow Castle2Mombasa----12-
Lily2Cartagena---—--
Nankin3Yokohama---Traps105-
Iris3Valencia------
Amazon Maru3Yokohama---Traps4-
Friedag3Carthagena------
Discoverer3Mauritius---Traps--
Clan Cumming3Vizagapatam---Traps--
City of Oran3Hankow---Traps7-
Macharda3Calcutta---Traps12-
20Highland Laddie4La Plata---Traps & Poison--
Nireus4Piraeus------
Sambre5Rio Grande do Sul------
Philoctetes5Yokohama------
Shrewsbury5Sfax------
Ionic Star5Zarate----7-
Duquesa5Buenos Aires----4-
Paratah5Sydney------
Boeroe6Sourabaya------
Caledonia6Bombay---Traps46-
30Clan Chisholm6Tamatave------
Jervis Bay6Brisbane------
Dakar Maru6Yokohama---Traps--
Dampto6Lagos----5-
Yselhaven6Rosario------
Themistocles7Brisbane------
Drummensfjord7Madagascar---Traps & Poison79-
Mandala8Calcutta------
Ingleby8Alexandria---Traps & Poison17-
Canonesa8Buenos Aires------
40Herefordshire8Rangoon----113-
Defender8Calcutta---Traps--
Carried forward469