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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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1915.
| April 8 | " Crawford " | registered Uxbridge, No. 412. |
| „ 12 | " Freda " | „ Brentford, No. 310. |
| 16 | *" Frank " | ,, Reading, No. 40. |
| May 11 | *" Perseverance " | „ Port of London, No. 233. |
| 13 | " Wm. and Henry " | ,, Berkhamsted, No. 324. |
| 19 | " Alert" " | ,, Port of London, No. 239. |
| „ 19 | "Constant" | (unregistered.) |
| 19 | " Jane " | registered Reading, No. 41. |
| June 3 | *" Nellie " | „ Brentford, No. 192. |
| 11 | *" May " | No. 250. |
| 12 | " Grwynne " | „ Reading, No. 28. |
| 12 | *" Providence" | „ Port of London, No. 292. |
| „ 22 | " Sarah Ann" | ,, Reading No. 34. |
| 25 | *" Sarah " | „ Berkhamsted, No. 408. |
| July 9 | *" Providence " | „ Port of London, No. 292. |
| Sept. 22 | " Leeds" | „ Berkhamsted, No. 273. |
| 29 | " Sandford" | (unregistered.) |
| „ 29 | "Bichard" | J! |
| Oct. 4 | " Sarah " | registered Berkhamsted, No. 408. |
| „ 23 | " Carson " | „ Uxbridge, No. 486. |
| „ 25 | *" Nansen " | „ Berkhamsted, No. 261. |
| Nov. 5 | "Andree" | No. 255. |
| 12 | " Leeds " | No. 273. |
| 12 | " Eliza " | No. 279. |
| 16 | " Alert" | ,, Port of London, No. 239. |
| 18 | *" Oil Tar" | ,, ,, ,, |
| 30 | " Nansen " | „ Berkhamsted; No. 261. |
| 8 | " Andree " | No. 255. |
| 18 | " Walter " | „ „ No. 345. |
Removal of Bilge Water.
Nil.
Provision of Water Cask.
The following boats were not provided with proper vessel for containing drinking water. In the cases marked
| 1915. | |||
| Jan. 10 | *" Richard " | (unregistered.) | |
| June 10 | " Sandford " | ( „ ) | |
| Aug. 6 | " Maypole " | No. 1, registered Port of London. | |
| ,, 6 | " Maypole " | No. 2, „ „ | |
| ,, 6 | "Maypole" | No. 3, ,, | |
| ,, 6 | " Maypole" | No. 4, „ „ | |
| Sept. 29 | " Sandford " | (unregistered.) | |
| Nov. 18 | •" Oil Tar " | registered Port of London. | |
Notification of Infectious Disease.
Nil.
Other Illness.
On the 2nd November, a paragraph appeared in the press stating that four children
had been suffocated as the result o£ a fire on a barge at Brentford. Enquiries were
made respecting this, and it was ascertained that the barge concerned was the canal
boat " Trent," registered Uxbridge No. 392, and owned by Mr. Emanuel Smith, of
Brentford.