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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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Table: TABLE XIX. (Mumps).

TABLE XIX. (Mumps).

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of Cases.How dealt with.
1909.s.3. " Moldavia," of Greenock, 117,382Sydney1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
May20

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MENINGITIS.
Two cases of this disease were reported on vessels on their arrival ; both
were fatal, and the bodies had been buried at sea.

Table: TABLE XX. (Meningitis).

TABLE XX. (Meningitis).

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of Cases.How dealt with.
1909.s.s. "Mombassa," of Glasgow, 96,082Calcutta -1Died and body buried at sea.
Aug.17
”20s.s. "Denbighshire," of London, 112,630.Yokohama1Ditto.
Total -2

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CHICKEN-POX.
This infectious disease, which has been notifiable in the Port by special
Order for certain periods, has been reported in 53 cases, of which 4 were
on Training Ships. The remainder occurred on vessels principally from the
East, and from South Africa.
1 he notification of this disease is desirable in view of the possibility of
introducing Small-pox, mild cases of which disease occasionally being
mistaken for Chicken-pox.