The reply to be addressed to
"The Secretary.'
Peninsulan & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
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1217 JUN 14
Offices, 122. Leadenhall Street,
London, E. C.
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16th June, 1914.
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Sir.
I beg to
acknowl
knowledge receipt of your letter of yester- day's date, No. 20777/1914 with regard to the death of Mr. D. J. O'Halloran, Second Clase Sanitary Inspector, who died on board the Company's Steamer "FUBIA" at 4.50 p.m. on the 6th May, and in reply to your enquiry I am instructed to say that the Directors communicated with the Crown Agents in re- gard to the death, and they are proposing to deliver the ef- fects of the deceased to the widow, who lives at Queenstown,
From the report which has been received from the Medi- cal Officer of the "NUBIA", the following is extracted:-
"The deceased has been under my care since 11 a.m. on Sunday the 3rd May, when I was called to the Second Saloon
Smoking Saloon, and found him recovering from a state of col-
lapse. After his removal to a special cabin, his condition
improved, and it was not until the night of May 5th that fur-
ther disquieting symptoms appeared. From that time until
the afternoon of May 6th he rapidly became worse,
and symp-
tome of heartfailure supervening, he eventually passed away
at 4.50 p.m.
In view of the deceased's official futies, and
of the prevalence of plaque at Hong Kong, together with the
fact that the death occurred within the time limit of that
désease, I advised the commander that every effort should be
made to preserve the body until the ship's arrival at Singa-
pore, although there has been no suspicious signs or symptom of plague or other infectious disease, I wish to afford the
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