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City of London 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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ENTERIC FEVER.
The s.s. " Stat," of Aalsund, arrived on 3rd August, 1913, from Stettin. The
master, in reply to questions put to him, stated that all were well on board, and that
there had been no sickness on board during the voyage.
On 6th August, one of the crew was removed from the vessel at Church Hole Tier
to Denton Hospital, suffering from Enteric Fever, and it would appear from the state of
the man's illness that he must have been ill on the arrival of the vessel at Gravesend.
I communicated with the master asking for an explanation why the case was not
reported, and he stated that when the vessel passed Gravesend " none of the crew as far
as he knew, were ill, the patient was on deck and performing his work."
The s.s. " Scotian," of Glasgow, 129,547, arrived on the 16th October, from
Montreal, and landed seven cases of Enteric Fever at Denton Hospital.
The vessel left London on September 18th, arrived at Havre on the 19th. On the
20th there was an outbreak of illness among the stewards with vomiting and diarrhoea,
in all—19 being affected. They all resumed duty at the end of about three or four days.
The first case of Enteric Fever ailed on October 1st, and by the 8th, 7 cases
(stewards) were laid up with Enteric Fever.
Among the seven cases were three of the men who had suffered previously with
vomiting and diarrhoea on the 20th September.
The stewards had eaten food as supplied to the saloon, but none of the passengers
were affected at the same time, although it is stated that some " complained " a few
days later.

TABLE XVII.

(Measles.)

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1913
January 13s.s. " Crane," of London, 118,457North Shields1Isolated at home.
,, 25s.s. " City of Poona," of Liverpool, 131,423.Calcutta1Left vessel in London, convalescent.
,, 29Training Ship " Exmouth " lying offGrays1Removed to North East Hospital.
February 1s.s. "Orama," of Glasgow, 132,989Brisbane1Landed at Adelaide.
,, 10s.s. "Runic," of Liverpool, 113,441Sydney1Landed at Durban.
March 15s.s. " Gloucester Castle," of London, 132,592.Cape Town1Landed at Southampton.
,, 29s.s. " Orvieto,"of Belfast, 129,628Brisbane2Isolated on board.
April 14s.s. " Beltana," of Greenock, 131,853Sydney62 removed to Port Sanitary Hospital, 4 isolated on board.
,, 28s.s. "Arabia," of Greenock, 105,587Bombay1Left vessel in London, convalescent.
May 7s.s. " Matiana," of Glasgow, 104,588Calcutta1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital,
,, 14s.s. " Himalaya," of Greenock, 99,776Ditto1Landed at Colombo.
,, 24s.s. " Sir Francis," of London, 129,102Tyne2Landed at Tyne.
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