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City of London 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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26
DENGUE FEVER.
The ss. "Kaisar-I-Hind" arrived from Bombay on the 2nd October, 1925.
Illness reported by the Master:—30 cases Dengue. Cases of fever began to
occur among the native crew (Europeans not affected), immediately after leaving
Bombay. The symptoms were—sudden onset, malaise, shivering, sweating,
pyrexia, temperature about 103°—no rash. Pyrexia lasted up to five days, and
patients all recovered and resumed duty.
TABLE XX. — Venereal Diseases.
| Date. 1925. | Name of Vessel. | Nature of Disease. | No. of Cases. | Passenger or Crew rating. | Advice givea. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tan. 3 | "Lancashire" | Soft Sore | l | Crew | To be treated on board. |
| „ 4 | "Nyanza" | Syphilis | l | „ | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| One to Liverpool Clinic. One to Seamen's Hospital. | |||||
| „ 8 | "El Paraguayo" | Gonorrhoea | 2 | „ | |
| „ 13 | "Student" | Soft Sore and Bubo | 1 | „ | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| 13 | "Huanchaco" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | „ „ |
| ,, 15 | "Silarus " | Gonorrhoea | 2 | „ | To Connaught Road Hospital. |
| Suppurating Bubo | |||||
| Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | „ „ | ||
| „ 20 | "Jason" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | „ „ |
| „ 20 | "Crosby Hall" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| Syphilis | 1 | „ | „ „ | ||
| „ 22 | "Phemius" | Gon. Rheumatism | 1 | D.B.S. | „ „ |
| 22 | "Canadian Aviator" | Orchitis | 1 | Crew | „ „ |
| Gonorrhoea and Gleet | 1 | „ | „ „ | ||
| „ 23 | "Dumana" | Syphilis | 1 | D.B.S. | To Hospital in Glasgow |
| „ 24 | "Celtic Star" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Crew | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 31 | "Khiva " | Syphilis | 1 | „ | Landed at Colombo. |
| Feb. 1 | "Rhexenor" | „ | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 4 | "Telamon" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To attend Connaught Road Hospital. |
| „ 8 | "Dunluce Castle" | „ | 2 | „ | Naval Ratings. |
| „ 10 | "Canadian Trapper" | „ | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 12 | "Macedonia" | Soft Sore | 1 | „ | Sent back to India from Aden. |
| „ 17 | "William Penn" | Gonorrhoea | 2 | „ | To attend Gravesend Hospital. |
| Soft Chancre and Bubo. | 1 | „ | „ „ | ||
| 22 | "King Howel" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | D.B.S. | To attend Hull Clinic. |
| " 26 | "Ballena" | „ | 3 | Crew | To attend Connaught Road Hospital. |
| „ 27 | "Niceto deLarrinaga" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | „ „ |
| Mar. 1 | "Tantalus" | „ | 2 | D.B.S. | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | „ „ | ||
| Orchitis | 1 | Crew | „ „ | ||
| „ 5 | "Kaisar-I-Hind" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To attend Windsor Clinic. |
| „ 5 | "Highland Piper" | „ | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's. Hospital. |
| Soft Sore | 1 | „ | „ „ | ||
| „ 8 | "Grodno" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | Landed Smyrna. |
| ,, 8 | "Loos" | „ | 1 | „ | Landed Odessa. |
| 11 | " Drvden" | „ | 1 | „ | Convalescent. |
| „ 12 | "Osterley" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 13 | "Sebara" | Syphilitic Bubo | 1 | „ | Remaining on board vessel for Hamburg. |
| Cerebral Tumour | 1 | „ | „ „ | ||
| „ 15 | "Adrastus" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | To attend Connaught Road Hospital. |
| „ 16 | "Millais" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | v |
| ,, 15 | "Zealandic" | „ | 1 | „ | „ „ |
| „ I? | "Rossetti" | ,, | 1 | ,, | „ „ |
| Carried forward 49 | |||||