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 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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TABLE XII.
(German Measles.)
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | Number of cases. | How dealth with. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1912. March 13 | s.s. "Mantua,"of Greenock, 127,544 - | Auckland - | 1 | Removal to Hospital at Plymouth. |
April 13 | s.s. "Persia,"of Greenock, 109,258. | Bombay - | 1 | Ditto. |
„ 17 | s.s. "Minnehaha,"of Belfast, 110,520 | New York | 1 | Removal to Hospital at Tilbury. |
Total | 3 |
SCARLET FEVER.
Ten cases were reported, and of these six were removed before the arrival of the
vessel at Gravesend.
TABLE XIII. (Scarlet Fever.)
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | Number of Cases. | How dealt with. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1912. | ||||
January 13 | s.s. "Moldavia,"of Greenock, 117,382 | Auckland - | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Adelaide. |
April 20 | s.s. "Galway Castle,"of London, 132,616. | Cape Town | 1 | Removed to Seamen's Hospital Greenwich. |
August 21 | s.s. "Johannesburg,"of North Shields, 104,829. | Do. | 2 | Removed to Hospital at Plymouth. |
„ 31 | s.s. "Otway,"of Glasgow, 128,282 - | Brisbane - | 2 | Removed to Hospital at Melbourne. |
Sept. 14 | s.s. "Otranto,"of Belfast, 124,675 | Sydney | 1 | Ditto. |
„ 23 | s.s. "Otway,"of Glasgow, 128,282 | Brisbane - | 2 | Removed to Hospital at Tilbury Brook. |
Nov. 7 | s.s. "Fernandina,"of West Hartlepool, 127,430. | Savannah - | 1 | Removed to Hospital of Metropolitan Asylum Board. |
Total | 10 |
ERYSIPELAS.
This disease is not often met with nowadays on board vessels arriving. Three
cases only were reported, and one of these was treated in the Port Sanitary Hospital.
After a few days the patient developed delirium tremens, and became so violent that it
was necessary to remove him to Strood. Workhouse.
TABLE XIV.
(Erysipelas.)
Table XII.
(German measles.)
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1912. | ||||
April 26 | Barge "Brian Boru,"of London, | Deptford - | 1 | Removed to Seamen's Hospital, |
123,705. | Greenwich. | |||
Sept 11 | s.s. "Themistocles,"of Aberdeen, | London - | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary |
129,349. | Hospital. | |||
Dec. 23 | s.s. "Medina,"of Greenock, 131,849 - | Bombay - | 1 3 | Patient isolated on board. |