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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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Table: TABLE XII.(German Measles.)

TABLE XII.

(German Measles.)

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of cases.How dealth with.
1912. March 13s.s. "Mantua,"of Greenock, 127,544 -Auckland -1Removal to Hospital at Plymouth.
April 13s.s. "Persia,"of Greenock, 109,258.Bombay -1Ditto.
„ 17s.s. "Minnehaha,"of Belfast, 110,520New York1Removal to Hospital at Tilbury.
Total3

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SCARLET FEVER.
Ten cases were reported, and of these six were removed before the arrival of the
vessel at Gravesend.

Table: TABLE XIII. (Scarlet Fever.)

TABLE XIII. (Scarlet Fever.)

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of Cases.How dealt with.
1912.
January 13s.s. "Moldavia,"of Greenock, 117,382Auckland -1Removed to Hospital at Adelaide.
April 20s.s. "Galway Castle,"of London, 132,616.Cape Town1Removed to Seamen's Hospital Greenwich.
August 21s.s. "Johannesburg,"of North Shields, 104,829.Do.2Removed to Hospital at Plymouth.
„ 31s.s. "Otway,"of Glasgow, 128,282 -Brisbane -2Removed to Hospital at Melbourne.
Sept. 14s.s. "Otranto,"of Belfast, 124,675Sydney1Ditto.
„ 23s.s. "Otway,"of Glasgow, 128,282Brisbane -2Removed to Hospital at Tilbury Brook.
Nov. 7s.s. "Fernandina,"of West Hartlepool, 127,430.Savannah -1Removed to Hospital of Metropolitan Asylum Board.
Total10

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ERYSIPELAS.
This disease is not often met with nowadays on board vessels arriving. Three
cases only were reported, and one of these was treated in the Port Sanitary Hospital.
After a few days the patient developed delirium tremens, and became so violent that it
was necessary to remove him to Strood. Workhouse.
TABLE XIV.
(Erysipelas.)

Table: Table XII.(German measles.)

Table XII.

(German measles.)

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1912.
April 26Barge "Brian Boru,"of London,Deptford -1Removed to Seamen's Hospital,
123,705.Greenwich.
Sept 11s.s. "Themistocles,"of Aberdeen,London -1Removed to Port Sanitary
129,349.Hospital.
Dec. 23s.s. "Medina,"of Greenock, 131,849 -Bombay -1 3Patient isolated on board.