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City of London 1940

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

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APPENDIX IV. - RETURN OF RATS CAUGHT AND DESTROYED DURING 194O The entire cost of destroying these rats has been borne by the Shipowners and Fort of London Authority.

Jan.Feb.Mar.AprilMayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total
Mi11wal1 Dock:-
Warehouses35354645751287916863554824801
Vessels whi1e in dock-7515415261762957-711520674
Surrey Commercial Dock:-
Warehouses1928343434434946211231333
Vessels while in dock-891154138624117-9316476
Regent's Canal Dock:-
Warehouses32425141321129
Vessels whi1e in dock-----2------2
St. Katharine's Dock:-
Warehouses464864444052304730324429506
Vessels while in dock-------------
London Dock:-
Warehouses443545446l63285420|63926475
Vessels Whi1e in dock-----17---620-43
Royal Albert Dock:-
Warehouses10151111395143241185870351
Vessels whl1e in dock-91-41691320165---186585
Royal Victoria Dock:-
Warehouses171819172436251367811201
Vessels whi1e In dock55-2559101801326311012412
King George V. Dock:-
Warehouses20292628191912256-1316203
Vessels while In dock79813327-13967489---511,011
West India Dock:-
Warehouses131819512332418251216177
Vessels while In dock445522415123821113052668873
East 1ndia Dock:-
Warehouses295214415111144857191
Vessels while in dock21-58--23--~-102
Tilbury Dock:-
Warehouses394257438612173822462142119890
Vessels while in dock171-1022246068707-246552
River:-
Vesssls while in River77-268476051735-2385
TOTALS6236871143681937123966115062192145618019,272
Total from 1st January to 31st December, 1940:-
In Dock Warehouses2482793302944395623784791711523854004,157
On Vessels while in Dock and River375408813387498677283102748221764015,115
TOTAL9,272