Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year ended 31st December 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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TABLE XIX.
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | Number of Cases. | How dealt with. | |
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MENINGITIS.
Two cases of this disease were reported on vessels on their arrival ; both
were fatal, and the bodies had been buried at sea.
TABLE XX.
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | Number of Cases. | How dealt with. | |
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CHICKEN-POX.
This infectious disease, which has been notifiable in the Port by special
Order for certain periods, has been reported in 53 cases, of which 4 were
on Training Ships. The remainder occurred on vessels principally from the
East, and from South Africa.
1 he notification of this disease is desirable in view of the possibility of
introducing Small-pox, mild cases of which disease occasionally being
mistaken for Chicken-pox.