Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Pneumonia—
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official No. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. |
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1921. | Brought forward | 15 | ||
Sept. 8 | s.s. "Comrie Castle," of London, 118,342. | Mauritius | 1 | Isolated on board. |
Dec. 1 | s.s. "Borda," of Greenock, 185,340. | Sydney | 1 | Ditto. |
„ 27 | s.s. "Morvada," of Glasgow, 136,319. | Calcutta | 1 | Admitted to Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
Total | 18 |
TABLE XV III .—I nfluenza.
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official No. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. |
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1921. | s.s. "Nardana," of Glasgow, 141,920. | Calcutta | 2 | Landed at Aden. |
Feb. 12 | ||||
March 11 | s.s. "British Empress," of London, 140,279. | Port Arthur | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
May 9 | s.s. "Novara," of Greenock, 131,860. | Calcutta | 1 | Isolated on board. |
Aug. 19 | s.s. "La Rosarina," of West Hartlepool, 132,823. | Buenos Ayres | 1 | Ditto. |
Sept. 11 | s.s. "Buda," of St. Nazaire | Rosario | 1 | Admitted to Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
Dec. 11 | s.s. "Agnes " | Kotka | 3 | Isolated on board. |
„ 28 | s.s. "Cisneros" | Bilbao | 1 | Ditto. |
Total | 10 |
TABLE XIX.—Dysentery.
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official No. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. |
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1921. | s.s. "Clan Morrison," of Glasgow, 141,877. | Calcutta | 1 | Landed at Port Said. |
Jan. '23 | ||||
April 3 | s.s. "Heelsum," of Amsterdam | Middlesbrough | 1 | Removed to London School of Tropical Medicine. |
8 | s.s. "Kenilworth," of Newcastle, 140,709. | Mauritius | 1 | Admitted to Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
July 29 | s.s. "Rhodesia," of Copenhagen. | Rangoon | 1 | Landed at Gibraltar. |
Sept. 13 | s.s. "Matheran," of Liverpool, 140,643. | Calcutta | 1 | Landed at Colombo. |
„ 30 | s.s. "Cranfield," of Glasgow, 141,918. | - - - | 1 | Admitted to Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
Oct. 5 | s.s. "Mashobra," of Glasgow, 144,222. | Calcutta | 1 | Died on board. |
Total | 7 |