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Port of London 1909

Report for the year ended 31st December 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London

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ENTERIC FEVER.
As shown by Table X, 36 cases of this disease were reported on vessels
entering the Port and otherwise. There were no cases of special interest.
The disease is one which affords many facilities for infection, difficult at
times to control. Of the cases admitted to Denton Hospital, four had a fatal
termination.

Table: TABLE X. (Enteric Fever.)

TABLE X. (Enteric Fever.)

Date.Is a.me of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where fromNo. of Cases.How dealt with.
1909.s.s. "Galician," of Southampton, 113,334.EastLondon1Removed to Hospital at Cape Town.
January1
”2s.s. " Longhurst," of London, 118,377.St. Nicholas1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
”4s.s. "Warwickshire," of Liverpool," 115,258.Rangoon -1Removed to Hospital at Marseilles.
”14s.s. "El Argentino," of Liverpool, 124,040.BuenosAyres1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
”19Dockmaster's House, Surrey Com'mercial Dock.1Isolated at own residence.
”22s.s. "Avondale Castle," of London, 108,160.Mauritius -1Removed to Hospital at Mauritius.
February3s.s. "Dover Castle," of London, 118,409.Delagoa Bay and Cape Town.iRemoved to Port Sanitary Hospital.
>>3s.s. "Minnehaha," of Belfast, 110,520.New York -1Ditto.
»12s.s."Goorkha," of Southampton, 106,917.Cape Town -1Died, and body buried at sea.
17s.s. "Clydesdale," of Sunderland, 106,403.Bombay1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
March1s.s. "Japanic," of Sunderland, 119,221.RosarioDitto.
>»30s.s. " Kawachi Maru," of TokioYokohama -1Removed to BranchSea-men's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock.
April3s.s. "Oroya," of Liverpool, 93,712.Brisbane1Removed to Hospital at Port Said.
9s.s. " Malta," of Greenock, 102,398.Yokohama -1Rem&ved to Hospital at Shanghai.
22s.s. "Hungarian," of Glasgow, 115,298.BuenosAyrcs Forward -1Removed to Hospital at Dunkirk.
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