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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXXI.
ANALYSIS OF RETURNS OF RATS EXAMINED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31 ST DECEMBER, 1926.
| DOCK. | Number from each Dock. | Found Dead. | Trapped. | Found Dead. | Trapped. | Infected. | Non-Infected. | Infected. | Non-Infected. | Infected. | Non-Infected. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.D. | M.R. | M.A. | M.M. | M.D. | M.R. | M.A. | M.M. | M.D. | M.R. | M.A. | M.M. | M.D. | M.R. | M.A. | M.M. | Found | Trapped. | Found | Trapped. | ||||||
| Millwall Dock | 283 | - | 283 | - | 283 | - | - | - | - | 208 | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | 208 | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | 283 | |
| Royal Albert Dock | 571 | 4 | 567 | 4 | - | - | - | 333 | 230 | 4 | - | - | 571 | - | - | - | - | 337 | 230 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 567 |
| West India Dock | 73 | - | 73 | - | - | - | - | 43 | 30 | - | - | - | 73 | - | - | - | - | 43 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 73 |
| East India Dock | 139 | - | 139 | - | - | - | - | 87 | 51 | 1 | - | - | 139 | - | - | - | - | 87 | 51 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 139 |
| Royal Victoria Dock | 216 | 1 | 215 | 1 | - | - | - | 118 | 97 | - | - | - | 216 | - | - | - | - | 119 | 97 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 215 |
| Tilbury Docks | 413 | - | 413 | - | - | - | - | 301 | 112 | - | - | - | 413 | - | - | - | - | 301 | 112 | - | - | - | - | - | 413 |
| King George V. Dock | 63 | - | 63 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 40 | - | - | - | 63 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | 63 |
| Surrey Commercial Dock | 183 | - | 183 | - | - | - | - | 120 | 63 | - | - | - | 183 | - | - | - | - | 120 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | 183 |
| Unknown (Dock) | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| St. Katharine's Dock | 40 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
| London Docks | 74 | - | 74 | - | - | - | 25 | 49 | - | - | - | 74 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | 74 | |
| South-West India Dock | 40 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 40 |
| East Wood Wharf | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 2,106 | 5 | 2,101 | 5 | - | - | - | 1305 | 790 | 6 | 6 | - | 2,106 | - | - | - | - | 1310 790 | 6 | - | - | - | 5 | 2,101 | ||
| 2,106 | 2,106 | 2,106 | 2,106 | 2,106 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M.D. = Mus Decumanus (Norvegious).
M.R.=Mus Ratus.
M.A.=Mus Alexandrinus.
M.M.=Mus Musculus.