Appendix V. to the second report on quarantine : report of Dr. W.H. Burrell on the plague of Malta in 1813.

  • Great Britain. General Board of Health
Date:
1854
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Credit: Appendix V. to the second report on quarantine : report of Dr. W.H. Burrell on the plague of Malta in 1813. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cases of Plague among the Creiv. ' appearance. The master observed on the day of their departure ' that they both had a diarrhosa, and suftered much from sea ' sickness; tliat Guiseppa Sevasta got worse, and on tlie 2nd of ' March died. The master together with the crew and passen- ' gers examined if any external marks of ]:)lague appeared on ' her, but none were discovered. On the 16th of March, Eosolia ' Sevasta died also, and on examiiaation no marks of plague were ' visible on her body.' Amongst the crew, during the voyage, Francesco Mangion suflered much from sea sickness, and rejected every nomishment he took ; on the 17th of March he became feverish and delirious with abundant evacuations, and at midnight he died. As the corpse of Mangion was still on board, the master of the brig was ordered to land the same in the Lazaretto, and when inspected by the Quarantine physician, several petechise- wei*e visible. List of the several Individuals, forming the Crew and Passengers as originally started, from Alexandria. Names of the Crew and Days on which Remarks. Passengers. Were Attacked Died. 1. vjriuvauni juuppiui, masier 2. Stefano Giove 3. Guiseppe VeUa 4. Guglielmo Spartaro 5. Francesco Mangion 6. Giacinto Manuch - 7. Michele Bartolo 8. Salvatore Spiteri - 9. Guiseppe Inguanes 10. Salvatore Iberese - 11. Lorenzo Attard 12. Guiseppe VeUa (2) 13. Salvatore Frigieri - 14. Vincenzo Mangion 15. Fortunato Borg 22 March 27 „ 28 March 29 March 30 „ 31 „ 1 April 5 „ 25 March 30 „ 31 „ 1 AprU Cured 2 April 1 3 „ 4 ,» 7 „ Died during the voyage. Petechia. Bubo in the right groin,. SwelUng in the glands. Carbuncle on the shoulder.. )> Bubo on the right groin. r Bubo and a carbuncle oa 1. the shoulder. Petechia. iVanies of the Passengers. 1. Francesco Stabile - 2. Michele Trorabetta 3. Guiseppe Cutajar 4. Guiseppe Camilleri 5. Guiseppa Sevasta - 6. Rosolia Sevasta 7. Catarina Viaggio - 8. Maria Antonia Rosso 9. Giovanni Viaggio - *10. Ignazio Rosso 1 April 5 April 13 „ Cured 7 April 26 „ 16 „ j- Died during the voyage. Tumour on her neck. 5 Carbuncle on the right i shoulder. Bubo on tlie left arm. Bubo on the right groin. See further notice of these cases, page 73.