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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Port of London 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XV.
Enteric Fever.
| Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914. | ||||
| Jan. 27 | s.s. "Azul," of London, 108,385 | Rosario | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Falmouth. |
| „ 28 | s.s. " Kaga Maru," of Tokio | Yokohama | i | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| Feb. 14 | s.s. "Arabia," of Greenock," 105,587 | Bombay | 1 | Ditto. |
| „ 16 | s.s. "Siva," of Grangemouth, 90,921 | Valencia | 1 | Ditto. |
| „ 16 | Training Ship "Arethusa," lying off Greenhithe | 1 | Removed to Bow Arrow Hospital. | |
| „ 21 | s.s. " Mooltan," of Greenock, 117,397 | Sydney | Removed to Hospital at Fremantle. | |
| „ 21 | s.s. "Paparoa," of Plymouth, 111,396 | Melbourne | 1 | Convalescent on arrival in London. |
| March 6 | s.s. "Morea," of Glasgow, 128,235 | Sydney | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Aden. |
| „ 7 | s.s. "Tainui,"of Southampton, 124,507 | Wellington | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 9 | s.s. "Drake," of London, 125,677 | Genoa | 1 | Ditto. |
| „ 13 | s.s. "Ingoma," of Liverpool, 135,475 | Delagoa Bay | 1 | Ditto. |
| April 6 | s.s. "Marmora," of Belfast, 116,011 | Sydney | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Colombo. |
| „ 14 | s.s. "Minnetonka," of Belfast, 113,520 | New York | 1 | Died, and body buried at sea. |
| May 12 | s.s. "Princesse Marie Jose" (Belgian) | Genoa | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 17 | s.s. "Berrima" | 3 | Ditto. | |
| „ 23 | s.s. "City of Glasgow," of Glasgow, 121,304. | Calcutta | 1 | Ditto. |
| „ 26 | Mauritius | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Cape Town. | |
| June 3 | s.s. "Katori Maru" (Japanese) | Antwerp | 1 | Removed to Branch Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 4 | s.s. "Cawdor Castle," of London, 114,823. | Mauritius | 1 | Landed at Cape Town. |
| „ 12 | s.s. "Mooltan," of Greenock, 117,397 | Sydney | 1 | Left vessel in London, convalescent. |
| „ 13 | s.s. "Iroquois," of Belfast, 124,667 | Outward bound | 1 | Died, and body landed at Gravesend. |
| „ 20 | s.s. "Norseman," of Liverpool, 110,633 | Brisbane | 1 | Landed at Durban. |
| „ 24 | s.s. "Troilus," of Liverpool, 135,552 | Yokohama | 1 | Landed at Colombo. |
| July 3 | s.s. "Miltiades," of Aberdeen, 118,179 | Brisbane | 1 | Landed at Durban. |
| „ 11 | s.s. "Walmer Castle," of London, 114,839. | Cape Town | 1 | Landed at Plymouth. |
| „ 13 | s.s. "Suevic," of Liverpool, 113,456 | Sydney | 1 | Landed at Durban. |
| „ 13 | s.s. " Gascon," of Southampton, 106,907 | Natal | 1 | Landed at Port Said. |
| „ 17 | s.s. "Osterley," of Glasgow, 128,287 | Brisbane | 2 | Landed at Adelaide. |
| „ 18 | s.s. "Gadsby," of West Hartlepool, 112,411. | Montreal | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 19 | s.s. "Miunewaska," of Belfast, 124,674 | New York | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Blaydon. |
| Sept. 1 | s.s. "Ridley," of Newcastle, 133,534 | Tyne | 1 | Landed at Tynemouth. |
| „ 7 | s.s. "Ruthenia," of Liverpool, 110,650 | Montreal | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
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