Report of the select committee of the Senate of the United States on the sickness and mortality on board emigrant ships.
Publisher: B. Tucker, Senate, printer
Published: 1854
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Ships -- Sanitation; Communicable diseases; Emigration and immigration
Other titles: Sickness & mortality on emigrant ships.
Description: Focuses on the diseases often found on emigrant ships (typhus, cholera, small pox), the extent and mortality, and means of prevention.