[Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, River Tyne Port Sanitary Authority.

  • Tyne Port Sanitary Authority.
Date:
1902
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Credit: [Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, River Tyne Port Sanitary Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10 TABLE II.—Continued. Date. July 18 55 21 Aug’. 6 55 10 Name of Vessel. s.s. “ Midn ight Sun s.s. “ Boxgrove ” ... s.s. “ Orange Prince” s.s. “ Imam ” _ Nationality. Where From. British ... Bergen Nature of Sickness. Enteric Fever ... 55 55 55 Mobile ... Malarial Fever ... Batoum and Non-infectiouscase Rouen Baltimore and Havre Suspected Bubonic Plague 1 Remarks. The Surgeon was notified to be suffering from Enteric Fever and was removed to the Jarrow Infectious Hospital for treatment. Medical Officer of Health visited the vessel and found 7 of the seamen recovering from Malarial Fever, who were recommended to the Royal Infirmary, Newcastle. Medical Officer of Health boarded vessel and found the Master suffering from a non-infectious case. Medical Officer of Health received a telephone message from Dr. George Murray, Physician to the Royal Infirmary, in reference to a sus¬ picious case of sickness. The patient being an Indian Lascar, admitted from the s.s. “ Imani.” He was admitted on August 7th, and died on the 8th. The body was lying at the Mortuary of the Royal Infirmary. In the evening of the 10th I met Dr. Hy. E. Armstrong and the House Physician at the Royal Infirmary, and made a Post Mortem examination of the body. The conditions found and the result of a Bacteriological examination of specimens taken from the internal organs pointed to the case being one of Bubonic Plague. A con¬ sultation was held and we agreed to adopt measures of destroying all possible sources of infection, by careful and efficient disinfection, after the cremation of the body, which was promptly carried out. The Medical Officer of Health of Newcastle notified the Local Govern¬ ment Board and forwarded specimen for confirmation of diagnosis of Plague. On August 13th the Local Government Board wired that the Bacteriological experiment give negative results. Both Dr. Hy. E. Armstrong and myself visited the Local Government Board when in town and discussed the difficulties of such cases, and they agreed with the precautionary measures adopted in this case. Dr. i Hy. Armstrong and myself agreed to recommend that in the future no cases should be admitted into the Royal Infirmary from ships without a certificate from the Port Medical Officer of Health or a qualified medical practitioner.