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 194O The entire cost of destroying these rats has been borne by the Shipowners and Fort of London Authority.
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total | |
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Mi11wal1 Dock:- | |||||||||||||
Warehouses | 35 | 35 | 46 | 45 | 75 | 128 | 79 | 168 | 63 | 55 | 48 | 24 | 801 |
Vessels whi1e in dock | - | 75 | 154 | 15 | 26 | 176 | 29 | 57 | - | 7 | 115 | 20 | 674 |
Surrey Commercial Dock:- | |||||||||||||
Warehouses | 19 | 28 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 43 | 49 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 333 |
Vessels while in dock | - | 89 | 115 | 4 | 13 | 86 | 24 | 117 | - | 9 | 3 | 16 | 476 |
Regent's Canal Dock:- | |||||||||||||
Warehouses | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
Vessels whi1e in dock | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
St. Katharine's Dock:- | |||||||||||||
Warehouses | 46 | 48 | 64 | 44 | 40 | 52 | 30 | 47 | 30 | 32 | 44 | 29 | 506 |
Vessels while in dock | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
London Dock:- | |||||||||||||
Warehouses | 44 | 35 | 45 | 44 | 6l | 63 | 28 | 54 | 20 | |6 | 39 | 26 | 475 |
Vessels Whi1e in dock | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | 6 | 20 | - | 43 |
Royal Albert Dock:- | |||||||||||||
Warehouses | 10 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 51 | 43 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 58 | 70 | 351 |
Vessels whl1e in dock | - | 91 | - | 41 | 69 | 13 | 20 | 165 | - | - | - | 186 | 585 |
Royal Victoria Dock:- | |||||||||||||
Warehouses | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 201 |
Vessels whi1e In dock | 55 | - | 25 | 59 | 101 | 80 | 13 | 26 | 31 | — | 10 | 12 | 412 |
King George V. Dock:- | |||||||||||||
Warehouses | 20 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 25 | 6 | - | 13 | 16 | 203 |
Vessels while In dock | 7 | 98 | 133 | 27 | - | 139 | 67 | 489 | - | - | - | 51 | 1,011 |
West India Dock:- | |||||||||||||
Warehouses | 13 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 177 |
Vessels while In dock | 44 | 55 | 224 | 151 | 238 | 21 | 11 | 30 | 5 | — | 26 | 68 | 873 |
East 1ndia Dock:- | |||||||||||||
Warehouses | 2 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 191 |
Vessels while in dock | 21 | - | 58 | - | - | 23 | - | - | ~ | - | 102 | ||
Tilbury Dock:- | |||||||||||||
Warehouses | 39 | 42 | 57 | 43 | 86 | 121 | 73 | 82 | 24 | 62 | 142 | 119 | 890 |
Vessels while in dock | 171 | - | 102 | 22 | 4 | 60 | 68 | 70 | 7 | - | 2 | 46 | 552 |
River:- | |||||||||||||
Vesssls while in River | 77 | - | 2 | 68 | 47 | 60 | 51 | 73 | 5 | — | - | 2 | 385 |
TOTALS | 623 | 687 | 1143 | 681 | 937 | 1239 | 661 | 1506 | 219 | 214 | 561 | 801 | 9,272 |
Total from 1st January to 31st December, 1940:- | |||||||||||||
In Dock Warehouses | 248 | 279 | 330 | 294 | 439 | 562 | 378 | 479 | 171 | 152 | 385 | 400 | 4,157 |
On Vessels while in Dock and River | 375 | 408 | 813 | 387 | 498 | 677 | 283 | 1027 | 48 | 22 | 176 | 401 | 5,115 |
TOTAL | 9,272 |