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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
City of London 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXII. (Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.)
| t Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | No. of Cases, | How dealt with. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915. Feb. 25 | Training Ship "Warspite," lying off Greenhithe. | 2 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. | |
| April 23 | Ditto ditto | 1 | Ditto | |
| June 21 | Barge " Ebenezer " | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Sittingbourne. | |
| Oct. 4 | s.s. " Morea," of Glasgow, 128,235 | Sydney | 1 | Landed at Colombo. |
| Total | 5 |
TABLE XXIII. (Mumps.)
| Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915. Jan. 29 | Training Ship "Exmouth," lying off Purfleet. | 1 | Removed to Wennington Hospital. | |
| Oct. 25 | Training Ship "Cornwall," lying off Grays. | 3 | Removed to Eastern Hospital (M.A.B.) | |
| Total | 4 |
TABLE XXIV. (Blackwater Fever.)
| Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | No of Cases. | How dealt with. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915. July 22 | s.s. "Geelong," of London, 118,426 | Sydney | 1 | Died, and body buried at sea. |
| Aug. 3 | s.s. "Magoya," of Greenock, 135,323 | Yokohama | 1 | Landed at Suez. |
| Total | 2 |
TABLE XXV. (Beri-Beri.)
| Date of Arrival. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | Number of Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915. | |||
| February 7 | s.s. " Kitano Maru " (Japanese) | Japan | 1 |
| May 5 | s.s. " Suwa Maru " (Japanese) | Yokohama | 2 |
| ,, 14 | s.s. "Yare," of London, 92,965 | Trinidad | 1 (fatal) |
| July 5 | s.s. " Arabia | Bombay | 1 |
| August 3 | Hong Kong | 1 | |
| ,, 16 | s.s. "Mentor | Foochow | 1 |
| ,, 28 | Shanghai | 3 | |
| Sept. 30 | Bombay | 1 (fatal) | |
| October 21 | Yokohama | 1 (fatal) | |
| December 16 | s.s. "Boeton" (Dutch) - | Java | 1 |
| Total | 13 |