Agency recording unregistered

Department of Markets, South Australia, 1923 - by July 1932

 Department of Tran sport, South Australia, 1923 - by July 1932

D2244/0 was relocated from South Australia to the ACT in November 2021

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Summary Information

Function and purpose

The records in this series were created by the Quarantine Office at Port Adelaide South Australia to document the quarantine functions performed which included the active quarantine of passengers and vessels at the Torrens Island Quarantine station as well as the sanitary inspection of ships crew accommodation undertaken by the Medical Officer.

Related legislation

 Navigation Act 1912-1920

Using the series

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Physical characteristics

 Files containing paper documents

System of arrangement and control

The records are arrange in a two number series with a PA prefix 

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Additional information

 The records contain information on vessels and passengers placed under active quarantine at the Torrens Island Quarantine Station. The Vessels quarantined were the Woodward in1929, Narkunda in 1930, Themistocles and Straithaird in1938. Only the file relating to the quarantine of the Strathaird contains the form Q312 personal details card for persons quarantined.

There is also information regarding the notification of infectious and non venereal diseases reported on vessels arriving at Port Adelaide, which, include Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever, Whooping Cough, Varicella, smallpox, tuberculosis, malaria, leprosy and Berri Berri. Notification was also received on typhus like cases reported in Adelaide and of outbreaks of contagious diseases in overseas countries. The diseases include the plague, smallpox, varicella and cholera.

The survey form titled M & A-B Report of Medical Inspector - Crew Accommodation provides information on the officer’s accommodation, engine room and stokehole ventilation and seamen’s accommodation. The information includes the name of the vessel, port of registry, trade in which engaged, usual time occupied on longest run between ports, gross tonnage, net tonnage, year built, total, crew, port at work inspection made and date of inspection as well as the number of officers, engineers and crew, size of cabins and other accommodation including any alterations and additions required.

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