[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, River Tyne Port Sanitary Authority.

Tyne Port Sanitary Authority.

Date:: 1900

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Credit: [Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, River Tyne Port Sanitary Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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RIVER TYNE PORT SANITARY AUT HORITY. Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Year ended 31st December, 1900. Infectious Disease in the Port.—Patients admitted into the Floating Hospital. During 1000, 2S pat ients have been admitted. The Medical Officer of Health visited the Floating Hospital 125 times during 1900. The subjoined Table gives particulars as to the cases and their issue :— TABLE I. Date of Admission. Disease. Cases Admitted. Name of Vessel. Where from. Result. 1899. Nov. 26th Enteric Fever ... 1 “Energie” Christiania Discharged Jan. 29, 1900 1900. Jan. 29th ... Enteric Fever .. 1 si. “ Eliza Bain ” London ... Escaped from ward and was drowned, Jan. 30, 1900. Feb. 2nd * Malarial Fever ... 1 si. ‘Resolute” ... London ... Discharged Feb. 12,1900 I2tli .. Enteric Fever ... 1 Hospital care-taker — „ Mar. 24, „ „ 14th ... Scarlatina 1 si. ‘‘ Tarapaca ”... Dunkirk ., Mar. 14, „ March 6th ... Measles ... l U.S.N. “ Albany ” New Ship „ Mar. 22, „ „ 7th .. 99 ... ... 2 9> 99 99 * * * „ Mar. 22, „ „ 26th... 99 1 99 99 „ „ Apr. 12, ., „ 29th... * Malarial Fever ... 1 s.s. “Rimo” Havre ... „ Mar. 31, „ April 12th ... Erysipelas 1 H.M.S. “Medusa” ... Tyne . Died April 17, 1900 Discharged May 16, 19(>0 May 1st •Smallpox 1 s.s. “Ingrid” ... Esbjerg . „ 5th * Malarial Fever . 1 s.s. “Svenda” ... Amsterdam „ May 7. „ July 14th .. Scarlet Fever 1 s.s. “ King Ja Ja ” Boston, Line. ... „ Aug. 14, „ ., 17th .. * Delirium Tremens 1 s.s. “ Robert Harrowing ” Hamburg ,. July 19, „ Aug. 13th ... Enteric Fever .. 1 s.s. “ Perseverance ” Sea ,. Aug 23, „ Sept. 27th ... ° Malarial Fever .. 1 s.s. “Cento” Bremerhaven ... ,. Oct. 9, „ Oct. 6th •Acute Mania 1 “ Ramon de Larrango”.. Galveston ,. Oct. 10, „ „ 7th .. Enteric Fever .. 1 si. “ Herbert *' ... London .. Nov. 17, „ „ 10th .. •Gastritis 1 s.s. “ Princess Thyra” .. Aberdeen Oct. 11, „ „ 10th ... * Diarrhoea 1 s.s. “ Sheppardon ” West Hartlepool Oct. 13, „ „ 31st ... Enteric Fever ... 1 si. “ Maxwell ”... Iquique ... ,. Nov. 17. „ Nov. 1st •Malarial Fever ... 1 si. “Cerates” ... Wilmington ,, Nov 17. ., „ 2nd ... t Bubonic Swellings J s.s. “Persian Prince” .- Vera Cruz, New „ Jan. 2, 1901 in groin Orleans, and Havre „ 6th ... jBubonic Swellings 1 s.s “ Darlington ” New Fair water ... „ Jan. 25 ,, in groin „ 8th ’Malarial Fever . 1 99 99 Charlestown, j „ Nov. 16,1900 „ 28th ... fBubonic Swellings 2 s.s. “ Daventry ” 1 discharged Nov. 29, ,. in groin Hamburg | 1 discharged Jan. 25,1901 28 Patients admitted into the Deans Hospital, South Shields. Nov. 9th Enteric Fever 1 s.s. “Kronprindsesse Vic- Dieppe. Discharged Dec. 24,1900 toria ” Dec. 10 th .. Erysipelas 1 s.s. “ Mary ” Esbjerg . 99 Dgc. 24, ,, „ 13th .. Typhoid Fever .. 1 s.s. “ Octobre ” ... Bilboa ... Still in hospital „ 21st ... Enteric Fever ... 1 s.s. “ Mandal ”... Rotterdam Still in hospital Patient admitted into North Shields Infectious Hospital Nov. 26th ... Smallpox 1 s.s. “ Povena ” ... Bilboa ... Died Dec. 6, 1900 * Removed as suspected eases of Enteric Fever. t Cases proved to be non-infectioua.