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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX G.
Cases of Infectious Disease in the Port of London, from 1st January to 30th June, 1892.
| Date. | Name of Vessel. | Description. | Official No. | Owners or Brokers. | Where lying. | Disease. | Source of Infection. | Where case removed to. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892. Jan. 5 | Shaftesbury | Training Ship | — | London School Board | Grays | Enteric Fever | Infirmary on shore | |
| „ 11 | Peshawur | Str. | 65,641 | P. & 0. S. N. Co. | Royal Albert Dock | Small-pox | Bombay | Hospital at Brindisi |
| „ 16 | Shannon | ,, | 83,934 | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Previous case- | Port Sanitary Hospital |
| „ 18 | Parramatta | ,, | 87,377 | Ditto | Ditto | Enteric Fever | (?) | Hospital at Port Said |
| Feb. 12 | Astronom | ,, | German | Perlbach & Co. | Tilbury | Measles | Hamburg | Port Sanitary Hospital |
| „ 25 | Coptic | ,, | 84,146 | Shaw, Savill & Albion Co. | Gravesend | Typhoid Fever | Wellington - | Ditto |
| March 2 | Cornwall | Training Ship | — | Reformatory Ship | Purfleet | Enteric Fever | Hospital on shore | |
| ,, 11 | Ocean | Str. | Swedish | Galbraith, Pembroke & Co. | Gravesend | Small-pox | Alexandria | Port Sanitary Hospital |
| „ 25 | Lynton | ,, | 98,147 | Holman & Son | London Dock | Enteric Fever | Seamen's Hospital | |
| „ 27 | Minia | ,, | 56,762 | Anglo-American Telegraph Co. | Millwall Dock | Small-pox | Asylums Board Hospital | |
| April 11 | Canvey Island | Scarho | use Farm | A. Clarke, Esq. | — | Membranous Croup | (?) | Isolated at home |
| „ 16 | Shannon | Str. | 83,934 | P. & 0. S. N. Co. | Royal Albert Dock | Small-pox | Bombay | Hospital at Aden (1), Suez (l),and Plymouth (2) |