Infective hepatitis and arsenotherapy hepatitis as it occurred amongst naval personnel in Portsmouth during the 1939-45 War.

Abstract

(With 1 Figure in the Text) A steady increase in the numbers of patients admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar with acute hepatitis during the first three years of the 1939-45 War led to an investigation during 1943 to determine the factors which were responsible, and to identify the similarities or differences between acute hepatitis acquired during the course of arsenotherapy and hepatitis which occurred independently of this form of treatment. Officers and ratings of the Women's Royal Naval Service were not included in the study. The examination of the data obtained was only completed recently. This reveals features of practical importance which deserve more consideration than they have received hitherto.