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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

Port of London 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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Table: TABLE XIV.(Relapsing Fever.)

TABLE XIV.

(Relapsing Fever.)

DateName of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1907.
Oct. 25 -s.s. "Golconda," of Glasgow, 95,098.Calcutta -1Convalescent on arrival of vessel in London.

Table: TABLE XV.(Erysipelas.)

TABLE XV.

(Erysipelas.)

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1907.
Aug. 26 -s.s. "Commonwealth," of London, 115,903.Sydney -1Patient well on arrival of vessel in London.
Nov. 7Barque "Helvetia," of SandefjordDrobak -1Isolated on board.
Total2
TABLE XVI. (Diphtheria.)
Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1907. April 3 -s.s. "Kurgan," of Windau - -Riga -2Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
Aug. 11 -"Hedwig," of Marstrand - -Nederkalix1Removed to Hospital at Malmo.
Sept. 13 -s.s. "German," of Southampton, 109,290.East London1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital-
„ 25 -s.s. "Hyperia," of Liverpool, 105,342 -1Removed to Hospital of Metropolitan Asylums Board.
» 25 -H.M.S. " President," lying in South-West India Dk.1Ditto.
Oct. 21 -s.s. "City of Glasgow," of Glasgow, 121,304.Calcutta -1Died, and body buried at sea.
Total -7