Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Dysentery— continued.
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official No. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. | |
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1923. | Brought forward 9 | ||||
Aug. | 18 | ss. "Malwa" of Greenock, 127,543 | Shanghai | 1 | Removed to Endsleigh Gardens Hospital. |
22 | ss. "City of Adelaide" of Liverpool, 143,683. | Calcutta | 1 | Died on board. | |
Sept. | 5 | ss. "Buteshire" of Glasgow, 133,053. | Brisbane | l | Landed at Liverpool. |
17 | ss. "Dictator" of Liverpool, 131,408. | Calcutta | l | Landed at Port Sudan. | |
18 | ss. "Tymeric" of Glasgow, 141,903. | Sourabaya | l | ||
20 | ss. "Mardinian" of Liverpool, 140,644 | Constantinople | 2 | Landed at Patras. | |
Oct. | 3 | ss. "City of Canterbury" of Glasgow, 146,325. | Calcutta | 3 | 2 landed at Port Said. 1 to Seamen's Hospital, |
Dec. | 6 | ss. "Muristan" of Swansea, 136,160. | Basra | 1 | Greenwich. Treated on board. |
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TABLE XX.—Erysipelas.
Date. 1923. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official No. | Where from. | No of Cases. | How dealt with. |
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June 27 | ss. "Ausonia" of Liverpool, 145,970. | Montreal | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
Oct. 2 | ss. "Baltannic" of London, 145,024. | Danzig | 1 | |
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TABLE XXL—Venereal Diseases.
Date. 1923. | Vessel. | Case (nature of). | No. of Cases. | Passenger or Crew Rating. | Advice given. |
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Jan. 2 | "Clan Matheson" | Chancre | 1 | Lascar | Landed at Colombo. |
"Jervis Bay" | Syphilis | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital. | |
"Elkton" | Gonorrhcea | 2 | Passengers (alien). | Refused leave to land. | |
"Nore" | Syphilis | 2 | Crew | Landed at Colombo. | |
„ 10 | "Clan Mackenzie" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Gravesend Hospital. |
„ 12 | "City of Marseilles" | Gonorrhoeal Bubo | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
"Llanstephan Castle" | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | To attend London Hospital. | |
„ 19 | "Ballena" | Gonorrhœa | 2 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
„ 19 | "China" | Syphilis | 1 | Native | Ditto. |
„ 19 | "Ballena" | Ditto | 1 | Crew | Landed at Colon. |
„ 20 | "Triton" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Ditto | To be treated in Germany. |
„ 22 | "Nyanza" | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen s Hospital. |
„ 24 | "Man tola" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
„ 24 | "Matador" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
„ 27 | "Largs Bay" | Orchitis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
„ 31 | "Ragnvold Jarl" | Venereal Bubo | 1 | Passenger | Cured in hospital at Palermo. |
Feb. 3 | "Hyacinthius" | Syphilis | 1 | Crew | To attend Royal Albert Dock Hospital. |
„ 6 | "Treneglos" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
„ 11 | "Sokoto" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
„ 11 | "Novington" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
„ 15 | "City of Pekin" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | D.B.S. | Ditto. |
„ 17 | "Shannonmead" | Ditto | 1 | Crew | Ditto. |
„ 18 | "Magne" | Venereal Bubo | 1 | Ditto | To attend Connaught Rd. Hospital. |
Carried forward | 26 |
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