[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, River Tees Port Health Authority.

River Tees Port Health Authority.

Date:: 1937

Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, River Tees Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

15/32 (page 13)

DEATHS AT SEA. There were four deaths at sea before arrival at this port. S.S. “ Mashobra ” arrived here on March 16th. A lady passenger had died on the voyage from pernicious anaemia. S.S. “ Querimba ” arrived here on October 27th. A seaman had died at sea from heart failure. S.S. “ Matiana ” arrived here on November 26th. A native seaman had died at sea from heart failure. M.V. “ Leighton ” arrived here on December 13th. The chief officer had died at sea from heart failure. TABLE D. CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS OCCURRING ON VESSELS DURING THE VOYAGE BUT DISPOSED OF PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. Disease No. of cases during 1937 1 No. of vessels concerned Average for previous five years Passengers Crew Chicken-pox ... Nil. Nil. Nil. 4.4 Dysentery 1 4 2 1.8 Malaria Nil. 1 1 .2 Influenza Nil. 6 5 .2 Measles 4 Nil. 2 .4 Pneumonia Nil. 1 1 .4 Scarlet Fever Nil. Nil. Nil. .2 Smallpox . Nil. Nil. Nil. .6 Typhoid Fever 1 2 3 3.4 Trachoma Nil. Nil. Nil. •2 Tuberculosis ... Nil. 6 1 •4 Erysipelas 1 Nil. 1 ! Nil. Mumps - 1 Nil. 1 ! Nil. Total 8 20 17 12.2