Quarantine laws : return to an order of the honourable the House of Commons, dated 18 August 1860, for : abstracts of returns of information on the laws of quarantine which have been obtained by the Board of Trade / Edgar A. Bowring.

  • Bowring, Edgar Alfred, 1826-1911.
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1860
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Credit: Quarantine laws : return to an order of the honourable the House of Commons, dated 18 August 1860, for : abstracts of returns of information on the laws of quarantine which have been obtained by the Board of Trade / Edgar A. Bowring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Name. Nation. Whence. Voyage. Arrival. Bill of Health. Cause. Qua- rantine. Crew. Passengers. Cargo. Armide French. - Guadaloupe Days. 53 30 Sept. 1852 Foul Yellow fever at departure Days. 10 160 - 135 Ship of war. Indefatigable ditto - Senegal - 28 23 April 1853 none Port of departure suspected. 3 88 23 - ditto. Hannibal - English Boraursund 18 8 Sept. 1854 ditto - ditto 5 500 - 305 - ditto. Dauntless - ditto - Plymouth 2 11 Sept. 1854 ditto - ditto 5 320 - 474 - ditto. Providentia Prussian - J llol Fl MI 19 ditto ditto 3 Q O warn. Styx - - - French - Guadaloupe 34 15 Sept. 1855 Foul Sporadic yellow fever at depar- ture. 3 82 33 Ship of war. Recherche - ditto - - ditto - 41 9 Nov. 1855 ditto - ditto 8 24 66 - ditto. Melbourne - English Honduras 49 25 Dec. 1855 ditto Port of departure suspected. 1 21 — Mahogany. Isis ... French - Guadaloupe 25 10 May 1856 ditto Yellow fever at departure. 2 140 - 220 Ship of war. Fortune ditto - - ditto - 34 4 Sept. 1856 ditto - ditto 35 55 - 103 - ditto. .Africaine - ditto - - ditto - 30 4 Sept. 1856 ditto Port of departure suspected. 4 160 95 - ditto. Harmony - English Corunna - 10 15 Jan. 1857 none Putrid cattle on board. 6 & 36 oxen. Meuse French - Lisbon 6 15 Nov. 1857 Foul Yellow fever at departure. 5 150 - 186 Ship of war. Cluny English Honduras 54 15 Feb. 1858 none Port of departure suspected. 1 10 Logwood. Staadsraad -Eger- man. Norwegian - Rio Grande 74 16 Feb. 1859 ditto - ditto 1 8 2 Buried bones. Armide.—Epidemic yellow fever showed itself a few days after leaving the West Indies. Between 18th August and 17th September 1852, 130 persons took the yellow fever, and 54 died. There were also on board 135 passengers sick and convalescent from dysentery and intermittent fever; of these, 16 died on the passage. The yellow fever was prevalent in the West Indies when the Armide left. Indefatigable.—No details given. No sickness in quarantine. Hannibal.—Cholera broke out on the voyage from Bomarsund to Brest. Between 22d August and 12th September 1854 there were 45 persons attacked, 19 of whom died promptly. On arrival at Brest there were 18 convalescent from cholera on board. Dauntless.—One case of cholera and three of cholerine on arrival from Plymouth in Brest Roads. One patient died almost immediately after. She returned to sea before the expiration of quarantine. The Russian prisoners she brought were put on board the French frigate Gassendi. Recherche.—Epidemic yellow fever broke out during the voyage. Between 3d and 19th October there were 28 attacked, of whom 10 died. Besides these, there were 16 sick of chronic dysentery, bilious fever, dry colic, and anaemia. Five died of bilious fever and anaemia. Isis.—No case of yellow fever during the voyage; but one death from dysentery and intense heat; five on arrival. Fortune.—Epidemic yellow fever appeared on 1st of August, the day she left, and no fewer than 51 deaths occurred during the voyage, and 14 were sick on arrival, four dangerously. There were also on board convalescents from various tropical diseases. Africaine.—Yellow fever on board during the voyage ; seven cases, and one death. The disease commenced 28th July, and ceased, on 15th August 1856. There were also on board, 59 sick and convalescent of tropical diseases. Meuse.—There were 180 sick and convalescent of chronic dysentery and ague on board on arrival from the Tagus, when yellow fever was raging in Lisbon. Five died of dysentery during the voyage. From