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Port of London 1909

Report for the year ended 31st December 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London

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TABLE XI. (Erysipelas.)

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1909.
Feb.3s.s. " Alexandria," of Liverpool, 115,307.Antwerp -1Isolated on board.
27s.s. " Devona," of Dundee, 104,738Portland, M.1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
Dec.22" Vanadis," of Brevig -?1Removed to Seamen's Hospital at Greenwich.
22s.s. " King's Lynn," of Swansea, 77,334.?1Ditto.
29" Mariehamn," of Mariehamn?1Ditto.
Total5

CONTINUED FEVER.
Ten cases of this disease were reported—all of them on vessels arriving in
the Port, and all were removed to Denton Hospital.

TABLE XII. (Continued Fever.)

DateName of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1909.
Jan.15s.s. " Britannia," of London, 115,911 -Gibraltar-1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
21s.s. " Montezuma," of Liverpool, 110,604.St John's, N.B.1Ditto.
May25s.s. " Kasan," of CopenhagenLibau1Ditto.
July16s.s. " Amiral Sallandrouze de Lamor-naix," of Havre.Buenos Ayres1Ditto.
»>20s.s. "North Wales," of Newcastle, 122,825.Novoris-sisk.1Ditto.
»28s.s. " Opal," of Dundee, 82,747Valencia -1Ditto.
Aug.2s.s. " Swaledale," of Sunderland, 114,644Savannah1Ditto.
ij15s.s. " Macedonia," of Belfast, 116,012 -Sydney -1Ditto.
Sept.14s.s. " Sicilia," of Glasgow, 113,933Calcutta -1Ditto.
19s.s. " Oceana," of Belfast, 93,170Bombay -1Ditto.
Total -10