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He was taken on shore and died the following day.
Both the above vessels were visited by Dr. Whitcombe, under the
Cholera Regulations, but no further action was deemed necessary, and they
were at once admitted to free pratique.
ENTERIC FEYER.
On the 22nd January the s.s. " Celerity," screw fish carrier, brought up a
patient from smack " Hero," fishing in North Sea, and sent him to London
Hospital, where he was found to be suffering from enteric fever.
The case was, therefore, reported to the Medical Officer of Health for
Yarmouth, to which port the smack belonged.
On 29th February the s.s. " Laertes,", on arrival, reported seven cases on her
homeward voyage.
She left Shanghai on 7th January, and three persons were attacked on the
following day : one on the 10th, one on 17th, one on 19th, and one on the
1st February.
Three cases were sent to hospital at Singapore on 21st January, the others
being treated on board.
On arrival, all were well. The vessel was thoroughly fumigated, and the
water-tanks emptied and cleansed.
On 12th March the s.s. " Orizaba," on arrival, reported a fatal case of
enteric fever on the voyage.
The patient was taken ill on 11th February (3 weeks after leaving Sydney)
and died on 19th, having been carefully isolated in the ship's hospital. This
was fumigated, and all bedding and clothes destroyed by the ship's Surgeon.
On the 20th the Authorities of the London Hospital reported that a case
of enteric fever had been admitted from s.s. " Arisaig."
This vessel came in on 16th, and a seaman with '' bad cold " was admitted
into hospital on 17th.
As soon as the nature of the disease was known the vessel was fumigated,
and the water-tanks emptied and cleansed.
On the 8th June the s.s. "Mirror" reported a death from enteric fever on
24th November after a month's illness.
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