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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TABLE XXII.— Disinfecting Operations for Infectious Diseases.
Date Fumigated. 1925. | Name of Vessel. | Necessity for Fumigation. | Action taken. |
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Jan. 2 | ss. "Maloja" | Malaria | Fumigated with sulphur. |
„ 3 | ss. "City of Hong Kong" | Whooping Cough | Washed with disinfectant. |
„ 5 | ss. "Salerno" | Sore Throat | Fumigated with sulphur. |
6 | ss. "Karmala" | Chickenpox | Fumigated with sulphur and washed with disinfectant. |
„ 9 | Board of Trade Sea School, Gravesend. | Diphtheria | Washed with disinfectant. |
,r 9 | ss. "Suwa Maru" | Paratyphoid | „ „ |
13 | ss. "City of Durham" | Smallpox | Fumigated with sulphur. |
„ 15 | ss. "Orsova" | Measles | „ „ |
„ 28 | ss. "Mahsud" | Smallpox | Fumigated with sulphur and washed with disinfectant. |
„ 30 | ss. "Hadrian" | „ | Fumigated with sulphur. |
Feb. 5 | ss. "Narkunda" | Chickenpox | „ „ |
„ 5 | ss. "Narkunda" | Measles | „ „ |
„ 6 | ss. "Kurmark" | Typhoid Fever | „ „ |
„ 8 | ss. "Dunluce Castle" | Malaria | „ „ |
„ 12 | ss. "Macedonia" | Tubercular Laryngitis | „ „ |
„ 12 | ss. "Macedonia" | Dysentery | „ „ |
„ 15 | ss. "Roseden" | Diphtheria | Fumigated with sulphur and washed with disinfectant. |
„ 15 | ss. "Browning" | Enteric Fever | Fumigated with sulphur. „ „ |
„ I? | ss. "Benefactor" | Smallpox | |
„ 19 | ss. "Naldera" | German Measles | Fumigated with sulphur and washed with disinfectant. |
Mar. 2 | ss. "Highland Pride" | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Fumigated with sulphur. |
5 | ss. "Kaisar-I-Hind" | German Measles | Fumigated with sulphur and washed with disinfectant. |
„ 7 | ss. "Nankin" | Scarlet Fever | Fumigated with sulphur. |
„ 13 | ss. "City of York" | Typhoid Fever | Washed with disinfectant. |
„ 13 | ss. "Morea" | Smallpox | Fumigated with sulphur. |
„ 13 | ss. "Memnon" | Malaria | „ „ |
„ 17 | ss. "Baltannic" | Measles | „ „ |
„ 23 | ss. "Minnewaska" | Typhoid Fever (?) | „ „ |
„ 31 | ss. "Coahoma County" | Diphtheria | „ „ |
April 1 | ss. "Baltara" | Measles | „ „ |
„ 2 | ss. "El Paraguayo" | Enteric Fever | Fumigated with sulphur and disinfected. |
„ 14 | ss. "Professor" | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Fumigated with sulphur. |
„ 15 | ss. "Malwa" | Paratyphoid Fever | Fumigated with sulphur and disinfected. |
„ 15 | ss. "Morvada" | Cholera (suspected) | Quarters disinfected. Drinking water tanks emptied, cleansed and cement washed. |
„ 21 | ss. "Bendigo" | Measles, Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Pneumonia. | Fumigated with sulphur. |
„ 23 | ss. "Grantully Castle" | Malaria | „ „ |
,, 24 | ss. "Maloja" | Mumps | „ „ |
„ 25 | ss. "Dongola" | Chickenpox | „ „ |
„ 28 | ss. "Dongola" | Chickenpox | „ „ |
„ 28 | ss. "Yorkshire" | „ | „ „ |
VI ay 7 | ss. "Barrabool" | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | „ „ |
„ 8 | ss. "Mantua" | ,, ,, | „ „ |
„ 8 | ss. "Rio de Janeiro" | Typhoid Fever | „ „ |
„ 14 | ss. "Kaisar-I-Hind" | Enteric Fever (?) | Washed down with Izal in water. |
„ 14 | ss, "Oronsay" | Chickenpox | Fumigated with sulphur. |
„ 27 | ss. "Dunluce Castle" | Whooping Cough | „ „ |
„ 28 | ss. "Naldera" | Chickenpox | Fumigated with sulphur and washed down with Izal in water. |
„ 22 | ss. "Clan Alpine" | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Washed down with Izal in water. |