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DR. ROBERT OLESEN, medical director, and G. C. Sherrard, acting assistant surgeon of the United States Public Health Service, state that the records available at the New York Quarantine Station since 1924 show a considerable number of fumigations of ships though not an unduly high average of rats recovered from each vessel (Public Health Rep., 57, 1966 ; 1942). The influence of war on fumigation of vessels is shown by the fact that since 1940 the number of fumigations has gradually increased, and the average rat recoveries from each vessel have been greater than during previous years. In spite of the losses of trained staff, the Public Health Service maintains surveillance over vessels entering United States ports, though this is becoming increasingly difficult owing to rodent control being submerged by purely war effort.
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Rat Infestation on Vessels. Nature 151, 499 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151499b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151499b0