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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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RATS DESTROYED DURING 1946. TABLE E. (l) ON VESSELS.
| Number of | Jan. | Feb. | Mch. | Apl. | May. | Jne. | Jly. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov | .Dec. | Total in year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rats. | 485. | 628. | 273. | 554. | 692. | 514. | 739. | 525. | 707. | 485. | 621 | .185. | 6,408. |
| Brown Rats. | - | — | — | 2 | 2. | ||||||||
| Species not recorded. | - | - | — | ||||||||||
| Rats Examined. | 73. | 90. | 54. | 118. | 69. | 78. | 104. | 107. | 79. | 85. | 118 | 84. | 1,059. |
| Rats infected with plague. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
TABLE F.
(2) IN DOCKS, QUAYS, WHARVES AND WAREHOUSES.
| Number of | Jan. | Feb. | Mch. | Apl. | May. | Jne. | Jly. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov | .Dec. | Total in year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rats. | 264. | 415. | 443. | 289. | 444. | 192. | 120. | 110. | 314. | 286. | 186 | .236. | 3,299. |
| Brown Rats. | 147. | 257. | 413. | 262. | 246. | 161. | 190. | 117. | 129. | 231. | 207 | 116. | 2,476. |
| Specied not recorded. | - | — | |||||||||||
| Rats Examined. | 12. | 44. | 73. | 43. | 48. | 17. | 41. | 27. | 95. | 72. | 68 | 27. | 567. |
| Rats infected with plague. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- |
table g.
measures of rat destruction on plague "infected" or "suspected" vessels or vessels from plague infected ports arriving in the port during the yeas.
| Total No. Of Such Vessels Arriving. | Number of Such Vessels Fumigated By S.O2 | No. Of Rats Killed | Number Of such Vessels Fumigated By HCN. | No. Of Rats Killed. | Number Of Such Vessels On Which Trapping, Poisoning HTC, Were Employed | No. Of Rats Killed | No. Of Such Vessels On Which Measures Of Rat Destruction Were Not Carried Out. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 836. | 3. | 93. | 127. | 3,853. ( 360 Mice) | 187. | No Record |
TABLE H.
DERATISATI ON CERTIFICATES AND DERATISATI O N EXEMPTION CERTIFICATES ISSUED DURING THE YEAR.
| Net Tonnage | Number Of Ships | Number of Deratisation Certificates Issued | Number of Deratisation Exemption Certificates Issued. | Total Certificates Issued. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After Fumigation With | After Trapping, Poisoning ETC. | Total | ||||||
| hcn. | Sulphur | HCN And Sulphur | ||||||
| 1. | - | - | - | |||||
| — | — | - | ||||||
| 30 | - | - | - | 30. | ||||
| „ „ 3,001 To 10,000 „ | 332. | 3 | - | - | 118. | 332. | ||
| „ over 10,000Tons. | 17 | — | — | - | 11. | 6. | 17 | |
| Totals | I78. | 3. | - | - | 18l. | |||
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