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The patient had been exposed to venereal infection at Rangoon on the 20th
March. He had swellings in the groin over a week before reporting sick to the
Master, but remained on duty up to the 14th April. On arrival at Port Said on the
14th April, patient was found to have buboes in both groins, and temperature of
102° ; he was seen by a doctor who reported the case to the Quarantine
authorities ; the patient was examined and removed as a suspect case of plague
and the master was subsequently informed that the diagnosis had been confirmed
bacteriologically. A further examination and opinion was requested, and refused.
The crew's quarters and holds were fumigated and disinfected at Port Said—
crew examined daily. No rats found, dead or alive. The vessel was at Port Said
for three weeks.
The vessel was allowed to proceed to dock, and a strict watch kept, but in
view of the history of personal local treatment for venereal disease, before the
patient reported sick to the master, your Medical Officer considered the case to be
a venereal one.
The facts were reported to the Ministry of Health.
The ss. " Lycaon " arrived from Taku Bar on the 1st June. Ports of call :—
Taku Bar, 31st March—1st April.
Dalny, 2nd—5th April.
Tsingtau, 6th—9th April.
Shanghai, 10th—15th April.
Hongkong, 18th—20th April.
Singapore, 25th—28th April.
Port Swettenham, 29th April.
Penang, 30th April—1st May.
Colombo, 5th—7th May.
Port Twefic, 18th May.
Port Said, 19th May.
Marseilles, 24th—25th May.
London, 1st June.
On May 17th a seaman reported sick with swollen left inguinal glands, temperature
99°. No venereal disease found or any other cause for the inflamed glands.
The patient was said to have suffered with orchitis supposed to be due to a blow
from a wire rope on the previous voyage. The patient was landed at Suez on the
18th May as a case suspicious of plague, for bacteriological examination. The
agent of the company at Marseilles stated the result was negative to plague.
The vessel was fumigated at Shanghai on the 11th April (11 dead rats found
after fumigation), and again at Marseilles on the 24th May. No rats seen since
the Shanghai fumigation. Vessel admitted to free pratique at Marseilles, 24th May.