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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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| Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906, | Broug | ht forward | 71 | |
| November 24 | Barge "Genesta," of London. 118,285. | Halstow | 1 | Isolated at own residence. |
| 23 | s.s. ”Hibernia," of Glasgow. 90,544. | Montreal | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Hove. |
| 30 | "Cornwall" (Training Ship), lying off Purfleet.* | — | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Wennington. |
| December 1 | s.s. "Marmora," of Greenock. 116,011. | Bombay | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Port Said. |
| 19 | s.s. "Highland Corrie," of London. 97,473. | La Plata | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Las Palmas. |
| 19 | s.s. "Ionic," of Liverpool. 115,337. | Wellington | 1 | Convalescent on arrival in London. |
| 23 | s.s. "Mooltan," of Greenock. 117,397. | Sydney | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Colombo. |
| 23 | s.s. "Lucigen," of Liverpool. 115,304." | Batoum | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| 24 | s.s. "Sidmouth," of Cardiff, 115,381. | Bahia Blanca | 2 | One removed to Port Sanitary Hospital, one to Hospital at Las Palmas. |
| Total | 81 |
* This case came from the Norwegian barque "Willie," and was landed at Deal. A previous case had
been landed from the same vessel in the Tyne in July last.
COCKLES AND ENTERIC FEVER.
The Medical Officer of Health for the City for London reported during
June that he had received information of an outbreak of Enteric Fever
in West Ham, and that of 52 cases reported, 24 were found to have eaten
cockles a short time before the onset of the illness. The majority of these
cockles were stated to have been purchased from a dealer in Billingsgate
Market, who had obtained his supplies from Leigh-on-Sea in Essex.
Some samples of these cockles were taken, which showed, on examination
by Dr. Klein, that the majority of the cockles contained an abundance of
organisms in a living state, and in consequence the Fishmongers' Company
prohibited the sale in Billingsgate Market of cockles from Leigh.
On June 28th I visited the locality where the cockles are usually collected.
This place is situated on the Maplin Sands, nearly abreast of the Mouse
Lightship, and about eight miles below Southend.
The sand and water in that vicinity showed to the naked eye no evidence
of sewage pollution.
Samples of the cockles, sand and water from this locality were taken by
an Inspector of the Fishmongers' Company in my presence, and submitted to
Dr. Klein for bacterioscopic examination, together with some cockles which