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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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. | |
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City of Nagpur | Jan. 1 | Calcutta | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Baradine | 1 | Sydney | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | 52 | - | |
Suncliffe | 1 | Bussorah | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Stroma | 1 | S. Nicholas | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Clan Urquhart | 1 | Bombay | - | - | - | Traps | 6 | - | |
Montagah | 2 | Smyrna | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Patroclus | 2 | Java | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Glenaff | 2 | Yokohama | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Clan Matheson | 2 | Chittagong | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
10 | Carlow Castle | 2 | Mombasa | - | - | - | - | 12 | - |
Lily | 2 | Cartagena | - | - | - | — | - | - | |
Nankin | 3 | Yokohama | - | - | - | Traps | 105 | - | |
Iris | 3 | Valencia | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Amazon Maru | 3 | Yokohama | - | - | - | Traps | 4 | - | |
Friedag | 3 | Carthagena | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Discoverer | 3 | Mauritius | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Clan Cumming | 3 | Vizagapatam | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
City of Oran | 3 | Hankow | - | - | - | Traps | 7 | - | |
Macharda | 3 | Calcutta | - | - | - | Traps | 12 | - | |
20 | Highland Laddie | 4 | La Plata | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | - | - |
Nireus | 4 | Piraeus | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Sambre | 5 | Rio Grande do Sul | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Philoctetes | 5 | Yokohama | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Shrewsbury | 5 | Sfax | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Ionic Star | 5 | Zarate | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | |
Duquesa | 5 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | |
Paratah | 5 | Sydney | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Boeroe | 6 | Sourabaya | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Caledonia | 6 | Bombay | - | - | - | Traps | 46 | - | |
30 | Clan Chisholm | 6 | Tamatave | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jervis Bay | 6 | Brisbane | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Dakar Maru | 6 | Yokohama | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Dampto | 6 | Lagos | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | |
Yselhaven | 6 | Rosario | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Themistocles | 7 | Brisbane | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Drummensfjord | 7 | Madagascar | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | 79 | - | |
Mandala | 8 | Calcutta | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Ingleby | 8 | Alexandria | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | 17 | - | |
Canonesa | 8 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
40 | Herefordshire | 8 | Rangoon | - | - | - | - | 113 | - |
Defender | 8 | Calcutta | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Carried forward | 469 |