Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911)
Protheroe, Ernest · London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 350
d diseases are at onceisolated in one of the ships three hospitals; twoare for ordinary complaints, and one for infectiouscases ; but the doctor, subject to the approval of thecaptain, can claim any vacant cabin for the use ofa patient. Steerage passengers are medically ex-amined before coming… … PLATE XXXVIII. FIRST-CLASS DINING SALOON. • LUSITANIA. LIFE ON A LINER 265 berth attendants to assist him, and special sickberth stewardesses wait upon sick women andchildren. The purser is an official whose duties are par-ticularly varied. He appears to be factotum ingeneral to the passengers, who…
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