[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Tyne Port Health Authority.

Tyne Port Health Authority.

Date:: 1914

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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Tyne Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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DIPHTHERIA. Date. Name of Vessel. From. On Voyage. On or after Arrival. Remarks. Notes on arrival in Tyne. 1914. Feb. 23 s.s. “ Leif 5? Halmstadt, Bo’ness 1 Removed to Floating Hospital. Vessel disinfected here. DIARRHOEA, CHOLERAIC DIARRHOEA AND SUSPICIOUS CASES. No. of Cases. Date Name of Vessel. From. On Voyage. On or after Arrival. 1914. Jan. 21 s s. “ Marthara ” New Orleans, Antwerp 1 Mar. 4 s.s. “ Queen Amelia ” Fremantle 1 — ,, 31 s.s. “ Rokeby ” Santos, Newport News, London 1 — Apr. 23 s.s. “ Eleanor ” Hamburg — 1 Sept. 7 s.s. “ Midsurrey ” Havre — 1 Oct. 13 s.s. “ Hubbuck ” Oran, Algiers ... 1 — Nov. 24 s.s. “ Alphonse Conseil ” Boulogne ... o — 1 3 4 Regulations as to Food Act, 1908, Inspector Russell has regularly inspected the cargoes of vessels arriving in the Tyne and Albert Edward Docks, and at the Dunston Co-operative Flour Mills. Tyne Dock. The foodstuffs imported into this Dock during the year by steamers from the United States, Canada, Russia, Portugal, Argentine, Australia, Norway and Sweden have been inspected:—Grain, 55,033 tons ; Condensed Milk, 8,605 cases; Margarine, 366 cases ; Butter, 983 kegs ; Game, 12 cases ; Fish, 20 cases ; Fruit, 1,101 cases; Tomatoes, 109 cases. The consignments were found in good condition. Unsound Food. The Collector of H.M. Customs detained for our inspection at Tyne Dock, per the s.s. “ Bessheim ” and s.s. “ Sterling ” from Christiania, during the year the following consignments:— Forty-eight casks of Tripe. Four of these containing 8 cwts. 3 qrs. 13 lbs. were seized as unfit for human food, and with the consent of the Importers were destroyed.