[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority.
- Newport (Wales). Port Health Authority.
- Date:
- 1950
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Table IV NUISANCES AND DEFECTS DEALT WITH Nuisances and Defects Found On British Vessels On Foreign Vessels Total Found Defective Bunks and Fittings 19 19 ,, Decks ... 2 — 2 ,, Floors ... 3 — 3 ,, Floor Coverings 9 — 9 ,, Handpumps 2 — 2 ,, Heating Apparatus & Fittings ... 22 5 27 ,, Ports, etc. 14 17 31 ,, Showers and Fittings 2 — 2 ,, Steam Heaters ... 4 — 4 ,, Steam Pipe 1 — 1 ,, Stove Funnel — 1 1 ,, Ventilators 6 1 7 ,, Washbowls 2 — 2 ,, Water Closets and Fittings 26 16 42 ,, Water Heaters 3 — 3 Dirty Beds 364 10 374 ,, Crew Rooms and Quarters 242 4 246 ,, Lockers 353 — 353 ,, Messrooms 58 2 60 ,, Washplaces 29 — 29 Choked Scuppers and Sinks 9 2 1 1 Choked Washbasins 3 — 3 Deck Refuse 4 3 7 Foul Water Closets 23 1 1 34 Insufficient Ventilation 6 6 Leaky Decks, etc. 3 2 5 Quayside Nuisances 64 12 76 Unsheathed Ventilator 1 1 Verminous Pantries, Galleys & Storerooms ... 24 1 25 Verminous Quarters, Berths & Messrooms... 334 8 342 RAT DESTRUCTION The warehouses, sheds, quays, hoists, sidiugs, river banks, wharves and private premises within the district were periodically inspected. The Docks and Inland W^aterways Executive’s Ratcatcher co-operates with the Port Health Stall, and immediate measures are taken when fresh evidence of rats are seen or their presence reported. 9,800 poison baits were laid down by the Authority’s Ratcatcher during the year and 220 rats were found dead after the poisoning. Of these 16 were picked up on the banks of the River Usk, 117 on the banks of the River Ebbw, and 87 within the Docks. The number of rats destroyed on board vessels during the year was 366. 17 vessels were fumigated b^'’ means of hydrogen cyanide (prussic acid gas), 239 rats being killed, whilst a further 50 rats were destroyed on 9 of these vessels by means of traps and poison baits. On 20 vessels, deratisation was carried out by measures of tra])])ing and poison baits, resulting in the destruction of 77 rats. In addition to the rats shown in Table Y, the Docks and Inland Waterways Executive’s Ratcatcher destroyed 750 rats and 331 mice, by means of traps and poison baits within tlie Dock Premises.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28867476_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
