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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 1918

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

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Table: TABLE XV.Tuberculosis (Other kinds, including Miners' Phthisis).

TABLE XV.

Tuberculosis (Other kinds, including Miners' Phthisis).

Date. 1918.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official No.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1918.
Jan. 24s.s. "Novara"Calcutta1Proceeded home.
Feb. 18 April 16s.s. "Kenilworth Castle," of London, 118,433. s.s. " Gaika "Durban Beira2 3Ditto. Ditto.
May 2s.s. "Galway Castle"Cape Town2Ditto.
„ 13s.s. "Benalla"Ditto2Ditto.
„ 14s.s. "Norman"Ditto1Ditto.
June 10s.s. "Kenilworth Castle"Durban3Ditto.
„ 19s.s. "Cluny Castle"Mombasa4Ditto.
Aug. 8s.s. "Hector"Calcutta1Ditto.
Dec. 4s.s. "Highland Loch"Buenos Ayres1Ditto.
20
. Miners' Phthisis17 cases.
Tuberculosis, Other3 cases.
20 cases.

Table: TABLE XVI.Influenza and Pneumonia.

TABLE XVI.

Influenza and Pneumonia.

Date.Name of Vessel. Port of Registry and Official No.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1918.
April 28s.s. "Santeramo"St. John'sIIsolated on board.
June 19s.s. "Takada"Bombay3Ditto.
July 5s.s. "Sardinia"Ditto1Ditto.
„ 22s.s. "Thongwa"Halifax1Military case.
„ 29s.s. "Kenora"Christiania1Isolated on board.
Sept. 11s.s. "Tajima Maru"Yokohama13Ditto.
„ 14s.s. "Chepstow Castle"Durban600Military cases (39 deaths).
Oct. 1s.s. "Skipton Castle"Calcutta3Isolated on board.
„ 14s.s. "Irishman"Newport News4Military cases.
„ 14s.s. "City of Cairo"Montreal30Military cases (fatal).
„ 19s.s. "River Lagan"Jersey7Isolated on board.
„ 25s.s. "Highland Heather"Buenos Ayres4Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
„ 25s.s. "Ninian''Boston6Removed at Boston.
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