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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
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. | Trapped | Found Dead. | Trapped | ||||||
| Millwall Dock | 154 | - | 154 | - | - | - | - | 141 | 13 | - | - | - | 154 | - | - | - | - | 141 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 154 |
| Royal Albert Dock | 92 | 4 | 88 | - | 4 | - | - | 52 | 36 | - | - | - | 92 | - | - | - | - | 52 | 40 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 88 |
| West India Dock | 14 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| East India Dock | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Victoria Dock | 108 | - | 108 | - | - | - | - | 85 | 23 | - | - | - | 108 | - | - | - | - | 85 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 108 |
| Tilbury Dock | 161 | - | 161 | - | - | - | - | 60 | 101 | - | - | - | 161 | - | - | - | - | 60 | 101 | - | - | - | - | - | 161 |
| King George V. Dock | 38 | - | 38 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 8 | - | - | - | 38 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 38 | |
| Surrey Commercial Dock | 109 | 3 | 106 | - | 3 | - | - | 78 | 28 | - | - | - | 109 | - | - | - | - | 78 | 31 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 106 |
| SouthWest India Dock | 17 | - | 17 | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 17 | ||
| London & St. Katharine Docks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unknown | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 706 | 7 | 699 | - | 7 | - | - | 476 | 223 | - | - | - | 706 | - | - | - | - | 476 | 230 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 699 | |
| 706 | 706 | 706 | 706 | 706 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M.D. = Mus decumanus (Norvegicus)i M.R.= Mus Rattus. M.A. = Mus alexandrinus, M.M. = Mus Musculus.