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City of London 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE IV.—Cholera.
Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official No. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
1922.
Oct. 14 ss. " Radnorshire" of London, 143,441 Kobe 1 Died on board.
CHOLERA.
ss. " Radnorshire " arrived from Kobe on the 13th October. On August
6th, a fireman had been taken ill with acute diarrhoea and died at 1 p.m., on August
7th ; diagnosed cholera. Infection was probably derived from uncooked vegetables
at Hangkow. General disinfection was carried out at Shanghai. The tanks were
steamed.
On arrival at Gravesend, a detailed certificate of disinfection was examined.
The crew was examined at Gravesend and found all well. The vessel was allowed
to proceed.
TABLE V.—P lague.
| 1922. April 23 | ss. " City of Genoa " | Bombay | 3 died, 1 landed Suez, 2 landed Port Said, 2 landed Dunkirk. | |
| Nov. 25 | ss. "Porthia" of St. Ives, 144,618 | Rosario | 1 | Died on board. |
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PLAGUE.
Information was received on the 16th February from Liverpool, that a number
of rats found after fumigation of the ss. " Warwickshire " were plague infected.
On arrival at Gravesend on the 6th February, the chief officer of the vessel
had reported that there were very few rats on board, and that no dead rats had
been seen during the voyage and that the last time of fumigation of the vessel was
August, 1921.
The vessel lay at No. 22 shed in Tilbury Dock.
No infection had been found on the ship or in dock here on discharge of part
cargo.
ss. " City of Genoa " arrived from Bombay via Dunkirk and Hull on the
23rd April, having called at the following places :—
Suez 11th March, 1922.
Port Said 12th March „
Gibraltar 20th March „
Plymouth 25th March „
Dunkirk 9th April „
Hull 11th April ,,
Eight cases (3 fatal) of plague occurred on board, as follows :—
1. 7th March, 1922 Goanese butler. Died—buried at sea.
2. 11th March, ,, Native steward—landed Suez.
3/4. 12th Feb., ,, Pantry boy and deck boy—landed Port
Said.
5/6. 16th March, ,, Topaze and curry cook—died same day.
7 /8. 8th April, ,, Deck boy and trimmer—landed Dunkirk.
A native steward also died of pneumonia, about 16th March, 1922—buried at
sea—said not to have been plague.
The vessel's quarters were disinfected at Suez and Port Said, and the holds
at Dunkirk. A complete and thorough fumigation, when the ship was empty,
was carried out at Hull. 73 rats were reported to be found dead at Hull after
fumigation.