[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority.
- Newport (Wales). Port Health Authority.
- Date:
- 1928
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Tlie bodies of 4 rats were siibinittod for examination for the presence of the J’lague Jlacillus, but all ])roved negative. A sum of £29 4s. ‘Id. lia.s been received from owners for tlie work done on board ship and certificates ju’ovided (l)erati.sation : £15 11s. Id.; Super- vision of Fumigation: £5 5s. 2d.; Certificates: £8 8s. Od.). The work of rat destruction lias not been confined to ships. Attention given to docks, quays, wharves and warehouses attached to docks resulted in the destruction of 2,756 rats, or more than eight times the number found on board ships. £2 11s. Od. was received from owners of private premises for deratising work done. From the accompanying table it will be seen that 21,760 baits were laid, 19,790 of these baits were laid on shore; and that the yield of rats by the various methods of destruction was :—Bait, 2,804; Traps, 92; Ferrets, 96 ; Fumigation, 97. Of the 3,089 rats destroyed 2,284 were females and 805 males. 334 were of the Black and 2,755 of the Brown variety. Whilst no brown rats were discovered on board ships, only 1 black rat was found ashore. I wish again to thank the Collector of Customs and his “ Preventive ” Staff, and the Clerk of the Pilotage Board for affording prompt and valuable assistance at all times in carrying out tbe Kegulations, and to Inspector Jenkins and his Assistant, for their conscientious attention to their duties. I have the honour to be. Your obedient Servant, J. HOWARD JONES, Medical Officer of Health.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28867257_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
