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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
City of London 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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RATS DESTROYED DURING 1945. TABLE E.
| (1) ON VESSELS. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of | Jan. | Feb. | Mch. | Apl. | May | June | Jly. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total in year. |
| Black Rats | 1039 | 439 | 818 | 663 | 699 | 588 | 595 | 554 | 330 | 399 | 933 | 462 | 7,519 |
| Brown Rats | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Species not recorded | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rats examined | 100 | 63 | 63 | 84 | 59 | 73 | 37 | 48 | 45 | 45 | 109 | 65 | 791 |
| Rats infected with Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — |
TABLE F.
| Number of | Jan. | Feb. | Mch. | Apl. | May June | Jly- | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total in year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rats | 143 | Ill | 181 | 142 | 114 110 | 196 | 193 | 159 | 252 | 152 | 174 | 1,927 |
| Brown Rats | 54 | 82 | 69 | 123 | 38 169 | 148 | 95 | 49 | 165 | 150 | 141 | 1,283 |
| Species not recorded | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | — | |||
| Rats examined | 26 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 15 23 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 239 |
| Rats infected with Plague | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — |