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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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30
MEASLES.
Nineteen cases of this disease were reported, and these, with the exception
of 9, occurred on vessels.
None of the cases were from Training Ships, the 9 exceptions occurring
in a dwelling-house within the docks.

Table: TABLE XIII. (Measles.)

TABLE XIII. (Measles.)

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1909.No. 20, Pier Head Cottages, Millwall Dock.-2Isolated at own residence.
January20
April13s.s. "Kasan," of Copenhagen -Libau2Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
”16s.s. "Arabia," of Greenock, 105,587.Bombay1Landed at Plymouth, well.
May4Dockmaster's House, Millwall Dock.-7Isolated at own home.
June2s.s. "German," of Southampton, 109,290.Cape Town -1Convalescent on arrival of vessel in London.
”5s.s. "City of York," of Glasgow, 119,100.Calcutta1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
July26s.s. "Oroya," of Liverpool, 93,712.Brisbane2One removed to Port Sanitary Hospital, and one convalescent and allowed to land.
August29s.s. "Enid," of Carnarvon, 119,864.Port Dinor-wic.1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
October20s.s. "Batavier," of RotterdamRotterdam -2Proceeded to own residence.
Total -19

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DIPHTHERIA.
Of the 11 cases set out in Table XIV., 5 occurred on Training Ships and
were treated in the Isolation Hospital attached to these Institutions, while 6
occurred on vessels during the voyage, and of these 2 were convalescent on
arrival, 1 was removed to hospital abroad, 1 admitted to Denton Hospital,
and 1 died and was buried at sea, the remaining 1 being removed to a
Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital,