[Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Bristol.

  • Bristol (England). Council.
Date:
1932
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    (2) . Seventeen of the crew, wlio were to be paid off during the afternoon, were disinfected, and their baggage was disinfected also. The medical officers of the districts to which they were proceeding were informed of the circumstances. (3) . The usual precautions were taken with regard to rats on the ship, and the cargo was discharged under the strictest supervision. Full investigation of the case took place in hospital, including consultation with a medical officer of the Ministry of Health. The suspicion of the illness being plague was not confirmed either clinically or bacteriologically. Five rats were caught on board the ship, and they were fully examined, no evidence of plague infection being found. Leprosy. In August the Ministry of Health informed us of the impending arrival from the Honduras of a British-Indian subject suffering from leprosy. We were requested by the Ministry to give every help to the man on his landing. On arrival, he was found to be suffering from the cutaneous form of leprosy on the face, arms and trunk. The patches were of the typical brownish-white colour and varied in size from that of a shilling piece to 3 or 4 inches in diameter. They were painless, free from discharge and there was no ulceration. Evidently there had been no fresh patches after the first 3 or 4 days of the illness, but they were increasing in size. The leprosy had been evident for about three months. The man was quite able to be about, and we assisted him in his arrangements to proceed at once to London, whence he was to return to India. Mooring stations. During the year, the approval of the Ministry of Health was obtained to the following mooring stations :— {a) Outer mooring station—Walton Bay. {b) Inner mooring stations— (1) Avonmouth. (a) North wall. Royal Edward Dock. (b) Dolphin buoy. (c) Berth opposite sheds B, C and J in the old dock. (2) Bristol. Railway wharf (two berths). (3) Portishead. By individual arrangement, accord- ing to circumstances.