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Port of London 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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APPENDIX XXVII.

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURN OF RATS EXAMINED DURING JANUARY TO AUGUST, 1929.

Dock.No. from eachDock.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.E.M.A.M.M.M.D.M.R.M.A.M.M.Found Dead.TrappedFound Dead.Trapped
Millwall Dock154-154----14113---154----14113-----154
Royal Albert Dock92488-4--5236---92----5240----488
West India Dock14-14----122---14----122-----14
East India Dock10-10----64---10----64-----10
Victoria Dock108-108----8523---108----8523-----108
Tilbury Dock161-161----60101---161----60101-----161
King George V. Dock38-38----308---38----308----38
Surrey Commercial Dock1093106-3--7828---109----7831----3106
SouthWest India Dock17-17---98---17----98----17
London & St. Katharine Docks-------------------------
Unknown3-3----3----3----3------3
7067699-7--476223---706----476230----7699
706706706706706

M.D. = Mus decumanus (Norvegicus)i M.R.= Mus Rattus. M.A. = Mus alexandrinus, M.M. = Mus Musculus.