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Port of London 1912

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:—

British71
Norwegian5
German5
Finnish5
Russian4
Swedish3
Danish2
Belgian2
French1
Greek1
Indian1
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. 1s.s. "Highland Warrior," of London, 132,595.Buenos Ayres2Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
9s.s. "Orvieto," of Belfast, 129,628Brisbane1Removed to Hospital at Plymouth.
Feb. 8s.s. "Ayrshire, of Glasgow, 119,066 -Auckland1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
17s.s. " Oceana," of Belfast, 93,170Bombay2Removed to Hospital at Port Said.
18s.s. "Highland Loch," of London, 129,182.La Plata1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
21s.s. "Pollux," of HelsingforsAlgiers -4Ditto.
27s.s. "Buccaneer"1Ditto.
28s.s. "Highland Pride, of London, 129,026.La Plata1Patient recovered.
March 7s.s. "Argentina," of West Hartlepool, 127,465.Bahia Blanca -1Removed to Hospital at Bahia Blanca.
„ 15s.s. "Highland Brae," of London, 129,153.Buenos Ayres1Removed to Hospital at Woolwich.
16s.s. "Minnehaha," of Belfast, 110,520New York1Removed to Hospital at Tilbury.
26s.s. "Highland Brae," of London, 129,153.River Plate -1Removed to Hospital at Woolwich.
31Port Sanitary Hospital, DentonNear Gravesend1Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital.
April 12s.s. "Suffolk," of London, 115,859Brisbane1Removed to Hospital at West Ham.
13s.s. "Persia," of Greenock, 109,258Bombay1Removed to Hospital at Port Said.