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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Methods of Rat Destruction Employed-
Name of Vessel. | Date of arrival. | 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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1923. | Brought forward | 3,863 | |||||||
Kaisar-I-Hind | May 4 | Bombay | - | - | - | Traps & Varnish Boards | 192 | - | |
Nagoya | 4 | Calcutta | - | - | - | Traps | 2 | - | |
540 | Inventor | 4 | Ditto | - | - | - | Traps | - | - |
Anchoria | 4 | Ditto | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Losada | 4 | Mollenda | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Bretwalda | 5 | Beunos Aires | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Suwa Maru | 5 | Yokohama | - | - | - | Traps | 16 | - | |
Espanoleto | 5 | Carthagena | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Nictheroy | 5 | Beunos Aires | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
City of Exeter | 5 | Calcutta | - | - | - | Traps | 6 | - | |
Vital | 7 | Salonika | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Viking Star | 7 | Zarate | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
550 | Euryades | 7 | Sourabaya | - | - | - | Traps | - | - |
Cortes | 7 | Barcelona | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Eros | 7 | Carthagena | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
City of Simla | 7 | Yokohama | - | - | - | Traps | 4 | - | |
Parnahyba | 7 | Beunos Aires | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Guildford Castle | 7 | Mombasa | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Delia | 8 | Genoa | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Pyrrhus | 8 | Isingtas | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Nagaristan | 8 | Busra | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Svend II | 8 | Sicily | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
560 | Ayurusca | 9 | Bahia Blanca | - | - | - | Traps | - | - |
Glenshane | 9 | Vladivostock | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Sestri | 9 | Carthagena | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Pendrecht | 9 | Constanza | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Weimar | 9 | Alexandria | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Highland Pride | 10 | La Plata | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Torres y Bages | 10 | Burriana | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Castilian | 10 | Alexandria | - | - | - | Ratcatcher | - | - | |
Clan Stuart | 10 | Calcutta | - | - | - | Traps | 14 | - | |
City of Alexandria | 11 | Durban | - | - | - | Ratcatcher | 7 | - | |
570 | City of Christiana | 11 | Rangoon | - | - | - | Traps | 2 | - |
Staffa | 11 | Seville | - | - | - | Ratcatcher | - | - | |
Corinaldo | 12 | Beunos Aires | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Seabank | 12 | Bathurst | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Narkunda | 12 | Sydney | - | - | - | Traps | 3 | - | |
Dongola | 12 | Yokohama | - | - | - | Traps | 1 | - | |
Highland Warrior | 12 | Beunos Aires | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | |
Oxfordshire | 12 | Rangoon | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Jervis Bay | 12 | Sydney | - | - | - | Traps | - | - | |
Portofino | 12 | Barcelona | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
580 | Neuralia | 12 | Calcutta | - | - | - | Traps & Poison | - | - |
Port Patrick | 13 | Iquique | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Carried forward | 4,016 |