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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APPENDIX XXXI.— Fumigation of Vessels for the Destruction of Rats.
Date Fumigated. 1928. | Name of Vessel. | Necessity for Fumigation. | Action taken. | No. of Rats reported found dead after Fumigation. | ||
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Jan. | 5 | ss. | "Port Albany" | American Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | Nil. |
7 | ss. | "Campeador" | Spanish Regulations | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. | 15 | |
7 | ss. | "St. Dunstan" | Rat Infested | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 208 | |
9 | ss. | "Port Victor" | American Regulations | Nil. | ||
10 | ss. | "Port Adelaide" | Nil. | |||
10 | ss. | "Ruapehu" | Nil. | |||
11 | ss. | "Port Gisborne" | Nil. | |||
12 | ss. | " Fordsdale " | Australian Regulations | Nil. | ||
13 | ss. | "Somerset" | American Regulations | Nil. | ||
14 | ss. | "Ormonde" | Australian Regulations | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. | Nil. | |
16 | ss. | "Abedare" | Rat Infested | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 84 | |
19 | ss. | "Harperley" | 83 | |||
19/ 22 | ss. | "Hobson's Bay" | Australian Regulations | Part fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide and part with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. | Nil. | |
20 | ss. | "Port Darwin" | American Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | Nil. | |
21 | ss. | "Palma" | Rat Infested | 61 | ||
23 | ss. | "Baltabor" | Demonstration of special method of fumigation. | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas (" Sanos " gas). | 5 | |
28 | ss. | "Oronsay" | Australian Regulations | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. | Nil. | |
31 | ss. | "Glaciere" | Owners' request | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | Not known | |
Feb. | 4 | ss. | "Remuera" | American Regulations | Nil. | |
7 | ss. | "Tongariro" | Nil. | |||
8 | ss. | "Port Nicholson" | 15 | |||
10 | ss. | "Port Fremantle" | Nil. | |||
11 | ss. | "Osterley" | Australian Regulations | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. | Nil. | |
11 | ss. | "Marloch" | American Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 65 | |
14 | ss. | "Port Auckland" | Nil. | |||
14/ 1 K | ss. | "Marietta" | Rat Infested | 127 | ||
lo 14 | ss. | "Eurymedon" | Australian Regulations | Nil. | ||
15 | ss. | "Esperance Bay" | Nil. | |||
16 | ss. | "Port Hardy" | American Regulations | 19 | ||
18 | ss. | "Marburn" | 54 | |||
18 | ss. | "London Mariner" | Nil. | |||
19 | ss. | "Beltana" | Australian Regulations | 241 | ||
20 | ss. | "Clan Macaulay" | Rat Infested | Allowed to proceed to Glasgow Not known, to be fumigated on completion of discharge. | ||
- | ss. | "Seapool" | Allowed to proceed to Barry to be fumigated on discharge of cargo. | 5 5 | ||
25 | ss. | "Orama" | Australian Regulations | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. | 1 | |
Mar | 3 | ss. | "Port Denison" | American Regulations | Fumigated with Sulphur Dioxide. | 35 |
10 | ss. | "Minnesota" | 204 | |||
13 | ss. | "Hororata" | Nil. | |||
15 | ss. | "Port Dune din" | Nil. | |||
16 | ss. | "Port Curtis" | Nil. | |||
17 | ss. | "Port Wellington" | 9 | |||
23 | ss. | "Norwegian" | Nil. | |||
23 | ss. | "Tairoa" | 47 | |||
26 | ss. | "Jervis Bay" | Australian Regulations | Not known. | ||
26 | ss. | "Orsova" | Fumigated with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. | Nil. | ||
29 | ss. | "Rimutaka" | American Regulations | Nil. | ||
ss. | "Cymric Queen" | Rat Infested | Allowed to proceed to Cardiff to be fumigated there. | Not known. |