Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year ended 31st December 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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The nationalities of the patients were as follows:—
British | 71 |
Norwegian | 5 |
German | 5 |
Finnish | 5 |
Russian | 4 |
Swedish | 3 |
Danish | 2 |
Belgian | 2 |
French | 1 |
Greek | 1 |
Indian | 1 |
100 |
TABLE VIII. Enteric F ever.
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1912. Jan. 1 | s.s. "Highland Warrior," of London, 132,595. | Buenos Ayres | 2 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
9 | s.s. "Orvieto," of Belfast, 129,628 | Brisbane | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Plymouth. |
Feb. 8 | s.s. "Ayrshire, of Glasgow, 119,066 - | Auckland | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
17 | s.s. " Oceana," of Belfast, 93,170 | Bombay | 2 | Removed to Hospital at Port Said. |
18 | s.s. "Highland Loch," of London, 129,182. | La Plata | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
21 | s.s. "Pollux," of Helsingfors | Algiers - | 4 | Ditto. |
27 | s.s. "Buccaneer" | 1 | Ditto. | |
28 | s.s. "Highland Pride, of London, 129,026. | La Plata | 1 | Patient recovered. |
March 7 | s.s. "Argentina," of West Hartlepool, 127,465. | Bahia Blanca - | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Bahia Blanca. |
„ 15 | s.s. "Highland Brae," of London, 129,153. | Buenos Ayres | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Woolwich. |
16 | s.s. "Minnehaha," of Belfast, 110,520 | New York | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Tilbury. |
26 | s.s. "Highland Brae," of London, 129,153. | River Plate - | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Woolwich. |
31 | Port Sanitary Hospital, Denton | Near Gravesend | 1 | Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital. |
April 12 | s.s. "Suffolk," of London, 115,859 | Brisbane | 1 | Removed to Hospital at West Ham. |
13 | s.s. "Persia," of Greenock, 109,258 | Bombay | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Port Said. |