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 iv. - RETURN OF RATS CAUGHT AND DESTROYED DURING 1939 .
The entire cost of destroying these rats has been borne by the Shipowners and Fort of London Authority.
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Acrl 1 | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | |||
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MI II wall Dock:- | |||||||||||||||
Warehouses | ... | ... | 66 | 47 | 61 | 61 | 49 | 48 | 41 | 30 | 63 | 52 | 48 | 37 | 603 |
Vessels while In dock | ... | ... | 152 | 146 | 14 | 30 | 11 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 115 | 16 | 684 |
Surrey Commercial Dock: - | |||||||||||||||
Warehouses | ... | ... | 86 | 90 | 73 | 72 | 49 | 25 | 79 | 74 | 91 | 53 | 60 | 49 | 801 |
Vessels while In dock | ... | ... | 4 | - | 29 | - | 28 | - | 1 | 44 | 45 | 40 | 13 | 31 | 235 |
Regent's Canal Dock:- | |||||||||||||||
Warehouses | ... | ... | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 70 |
Vessels while In dock | ... | ... | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
St. Katharine's Dock: - | |||||||||||||||
Warehouses | ... | ... | 63 | 48 | 50 | 54 | 43 | 48 | 70 | 45 | 48 | 56 | 44 | 47 | 616 |
Vessels while In dock | ... | • • . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
London Dock;- | |||||||||||||||
Warehouses | ... | ... | 32 | 29 | 29 | 53 | 84 | 35 | 76 | 35 | 56 | 46 | 46 | 63 | 584 |
Vessels while In dock | ... | ... | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 13 | - | 11 | 5 | - | - | 35 |
Royal Albert Dock:- | |||||||||||||||
Warehouses | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 61 |
Vessels while In dock | ... | ... | 3 | - | 13 | 1 | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | 63 | 102 |
Royal Victoria Dock:- | |||||||||||||||
Warehouses | 6 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 17 | l4 | 12 | 25 | 48 | 228 | ||
Vessels while In dock | ... | ... | 5 | 61 | 16 | 49 | 238 | 63 | 153 | 21 | - | 26 | 10 | - | 642 |
King George V. Dock:- | |||||||||||||||
Warehouses | • • • | ... | 10 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 18 | l4 | 13 | 19 | 197 |
Vessels while In dock | ... | ... | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 52 | - | - | 57 | 109 |
West India Doek:- | |||||||||||||||
Warehouses | ... | ... | 40 | 36 | 28 | 28 | 22 | l4 | 25 | 20 | l4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 255 |
Vessels while In dock | ... | ... | 30 | 22 | 92 | 26 | 4 | l | 59 | 7 | 25 | 164 | 87 | 93 | 610 |
East 1ndla Dock:- | |||||||||||||||
Warehouses | ... | • • • | 15 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | l4 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 123 |
Vessels v,tille In dock | ... | ... | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 17 | 50 |
Tilbury Dock:- | |||||||||||||||
Warehouses | ... | • * . | 32 | 12 | 35 | 58 | 31 | 36 | 93 | 32 | 119 | 68 | 52 | 58 | 626 |
Vessels whtle In dock | ... | ... | 7 | 19 | - | - | 54 | - | 76 | - | - | 213 | - | 52 | 421 |
River:- | |||||||||||||||
Vessels whi1e In River | ... | ... | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 36 |
TOTALS | ... | ... | 571 | 556 | 496 | 503 | 686 | 353 | 825 | 428 | 623 | 820 | 557 | 679 | 7,097 |
Total from 1st January to 31st December,1939:- | |||||||||||||||
In Dock Warehouses | 364 | 297 | 321 | 373 | 340 | 251 | 462 | 307 | 449 | 332 | 318 | 350 | 4, 164 | ||
On Vessels while In Dock and Fiver | 207 | 259 | 175 | 130 | 31*6 | 102 | 363 | 121 | 174 | 488 | 239 | 329 | 2.933 | ||
TOTAL | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.097 |