Malta fever / J. Crawford Kennedy.

  • Kennedy, J. Crawford.
Date:
1908
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Malta fever / J. Crawford Kennedy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    202 a brick red colour in 30 seconds. In May 1906, as l have already pointed out (Part I, page 32) the Military authorities stopped the issue of goats' milk to the troops. in the Naval hospital very special precautions were taken from the beginning of April 1906 to ensure, that all milk was carefully sterilised, but even this was not found satisfactory, and preserved milk has been used ever since July 3rd 1906. On the arrival of the Fleet on Aug. 6th the Commander in Chief issued an order that all milk was to be boiled and the Ortol test applied every day, and a signal to that effect to be made to him each morning. The result of these measures is sufficiently striking.-- Naval:- During the years 1902-5 the Naval hospital was responsible for the infection of 104 cases annually or 26 per quarter. During 1906 infection \ from the Naval hospital couls^ be traced in 51 i' cases, of v/hich 50 occurred in the first quarter and 1 in the second quarter. Since the middle of 1906 up to the end of 1907 not a single case'has contracted infection in hospital. As regards the whole Fleet in Malta the following chart shows w'hat a great reduction has been effected. It will be observed that the annual average admission rate for the years 1902,