[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Northumberland County Council.

  • Northumberland (England). County Council.
Date:
1900
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Credit: [Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Northumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Foreign steamers ,, sailing ships 1,247 117 Total number of Foreign vessels 1,364 These figures show an increase of 110 British vessels, and a decrease of 10 Foreign vessels arriving in Port. Of the total number of arrivals, irrespective of Nationality, 1148 came direct from Foreign Ports, and 1365 from British Ports, where they had previously discharged their cargoes. The following table shows the various cases of illness on board the ships, and reported to the Medical Officer of Health, and also shows the Nation¬ ality of the patient and the form of disease. Date of Arrival. Name of Vessel. Nationality. Where from Nature of Illness. May 3rd . Ameer S.S Russian Dunkirk ... Pneumonia May 21st. Fernmoor 55 British Aarlmus ... Typhoid fever May 28th ... St. Andrew, 55 Norwegian... Antwerp ... Typhoid fever June 12th ... Maria 55 Grecian Bergen ... Smallpox June 22nd ... Klondyke 55 Norwegian... Rotterdam Typhoid fever July 9th ... Mireille 55 French . Antwerp ... Febricula July 24fh ... Helga 5) Danish Honfleur... Pneumonia July 30th ... Hanso, barque Russian Ghent Catarrh Sept. 17th ... Elies 55 Russian St. N a zaire Mania October 8th... Gordonia S.S British Drontheim Asthma October 12th. Reas 55 German Rotterdam Catarrh October 30th.. Dan 55 Danish Ghent Catarrh Nov. 13 th ... Franz 55 German Dordrecht.. Asthma Dec. 20th ... Kar 55 Danish Rouen Catarrh Dec. 22nd ... Reas 55 German Rotterdam Febricula All the cases of infectious disease were removed to the hospital, the ships thoroughly cleansed, disinfected, and fumigated, and in the case of the s.s. Maria, the whole crew were vaccinated. The number of structural defects found was 36, classified as follows : — Defective ventilation in crew space, 1; defective ventilation in w.c., 1; overhead iron decks and beams sweating, causing damp forecastles and wet beds, 6; defective glasses in side ports and forecastles, 21 ; bad floors in forecastle, 1 ; leaky decks, 3 ; leaky bogeys, 3 ; all these defects oc¬ curred in British vessels, no record being kept of structural defects found in Foreign vessels. The number of sanitary defects found was 250 (118 in British, and 132 in Foreign vessels), these included, drinking water unfit for use, 4; dirty forecastles, 125; and dirty w.c.’s, 114. Hospital—During the year, 18 cases of infectious disease were removed to the Port Hospital, 6 of these were from vessels arriving in Port; 9 from Cowpen, 2 from Blyth, and 1 from Ashington. Requirements. A steam disinfector is urgently required. The anxieties and responsibilities of all Port Sanitary Authorities were largely increased during the year under consideration, in consequence of the outbreaks of plague in foreign ports, with which British ports are in direct communication, and also owing to several cases having occurred in Glasgow.