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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXVII.
Return of Rats Examined.—1924.
| Dock. | No. | Classification of Species. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m.d. | m.r. | m.a. | m.m. | |||
| Millwall Dock | 299 | 258 | 38 | 3 | — | |
| Royal Albert Dock | 347 | 177 | 169 | 1 | — | |
| West India Dock | 85 | 50 | 34 | 1 | — | |
| East India Dock | 107 | 56 | 51 | — | — | |
| Victoria Dock | 325 | 252 | 73 | — | — | |
| Tilbury Dock | 433 | 302 | 131 | — | — | |
| King George V. Dock | 260 | 117 | 136 | 7 | — | |
| Surrey Commercial Dock | 162 | 121 | 41 | — | ||
| South-West India Dock | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | — | |
| East Wood Wharf | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | ||
| Bellamy's Wharf | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Unknown Dock | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |
| 2,055 | 1,354 | 688 | 13 | — | ||
| Table of Classification. | ||||||
| M.D. Mus decumanus (Norvegious) | 1,354 | |||||
| M.R. Mus Ratus | 688 | |||||
| M.A. Mus alexandrinus | 13 | |||||
| M.M. Mus musculus | — | |||||
| Total | 2,055 | |||||
| Return of Rats Found Dead or Trapped. | ||||||
| Dock. | Total. | Found Dead. | Trapped. | |||
| Millwall Dock | 299 | — | 299 | |||
| Royal Albert Dock | 347 | 1 | 346 | |||
| West India Dock | 85 | — | 85 | |||
| East India Dock | 107 | — | 107 | |||
| Victoria Dock | 325 | 2 | 323 | |||
| Tilbury Dock | 433 | — | 433 | |||
| King George V. Dock | 260 | — | 260 | |||
| Surrey Commercial Dock | 162 | 8 | 154 | |||
| South-West India Dock | 28 | — | 28 | |||
| East Wood Wharf | 5 | — | 5 | |||
| Bellamy's Wharf | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Unknown Dock | 3 | — | 3 | |||
| 2,055 | 11 | 2,044 | ||||
| Found Dead | 11 | |||||
| Trapped | 2,044 | |||||
| Total | 2,055 | |||||
| Analysis of Non-Infected Rats. | ||||||
| Dock. | Found Dead. | Trapped. | Classification of Species. | |||
| M.D. | M.R. | m.a. | M.M. | |||
| Millwall Dock | — | 299 | 258 | 38 | 3 | — |
| Royal Albert Dock | l | 346 | 177 | 169 | 1 | — |
| West India Dock | — | 85 | 50 | 34 | 1 | — |
| East India Dock | — | 107 | 56 | 51 | — | — |
| Victoria Dock | 2 | 323 | 252 | 73 | — | — |
| Tilbury Dock | — | 433 | 302 | 131 | — | — |
| King George V. Dock | — | 260 | 117 | 136 | 7 | — |
| Surrey Commercial Dock | 8 | 154 | 121 | 41 | — | — |
| South-West India | — | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | — |
| East Wood Wharf | — | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Bellamy's Wharf | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Unknown Dock | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 11 | 2,044 | 1,354 | 688 | 13 | — | |