Hygienic and medical reports [electronic resource] . 1. 507 I. EUROPEAN S. Flag-ship Teenton. REPORT OF PASSED ASSISTANT SURGEON TALLEYRAND D. MYERS. There has been no change made in the arrangement of thequarters and berthing-space in this vessel during the past number of persons actually on board remains practicallythe same as at the commencement of that year. The cubic air-space per man is therefore the same as when my predecessor,Passed Assistant Surgeon J. W. Eoss, made his report to tlieBureau on the sanitary condition of the ship. The percentageof sickness is ,
Hygienic and medical reports [electronic resource] . 1. 507 I. EUROPEAN S. Flag-ship Teenton. REPORT OF PASSED ASSISTANT SURGEON TALLEYRAND D. MYERS. There has been no change made in the arrangement of thequarters and berthing-space in this vessel during the past number of persons actually on board remains practicallythe same as at the commencement of that year. The cubic air-space per man is therefore the same as when my predecessor,Passed Assistant Surgeon J. W. Eoss, made his report to tlieBureau on the sanitary condition of the ship. The percentageof sickness is , as against for the year 1877, theslight improvement being doubtless due to the pleasant cruisingof the vessel during the year. The percentage of deaths hasbeen 0, a gain of .87-j- per cent, over the preceding year, butas two of the three deaths of that year were the result of chronicdiseases of long standing, and the remaining one from accident,the gain is only apparent. The means of ventilation are unchanged, and at night whenthe ports are closed t
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