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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 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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Table: APPENDIX H.CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE DEALT WITH DURING THE YEAR.

APPENDIX H.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE DEALT WITH DURING THE YEAR.

Date.Name of Vessel.Port of Registry and Official No.Where from and Date.Disease.Date of Attack.Probable source of Infection.Remarks.
1902. Jan. 2Victoria Steam TugLondon, 12,754Running between London and Gravesenc daily.Small-pox1901. 29th Dec. 1902.LondonRemoved to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. Vessel disinfected by Port Sanitary Authority.
„ 3s.s. AnglianWest Hartlepool, 102,749Boston, U.S.A., 21st Dec., 1901Do. (2 cases)1st Jan.Boston, U.S.A.Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected. (See special Report.)
„ 7s.s, MinnehahaBelfast, 110,520New York, 28th Dec., 1901Do. (3 cases)„ „TilburyOne case landed at New York ; one case died during voyage and body was buried at sea ; one case landed at Port Sanitary Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected.
„ 8Arethusa TrainingShip, lying offGreenhitheScarlet Fever3rd „Previous caseRemoved to ship's hospital. Infected quarters disinfected.
„ 8s.s. CeylonMiddlesbro', 98,785Antwerp, 5th Jan., 1902Enteric Fever6th „Inmate of Seamen's Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected.
„ 9s.s. SpeedwellHull, 110,755North Sea, 7th Jan., 1902Small-pox5th „LondonVessel arrived 9th Jan., 1902. Patient removed same day from London Hospital to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected by Port Sanitary Authority.
,, 10Steam Hopper No. 68London, 110,194Plying on River ThamesDo.8th „Do.Inmate of Gravesend Sanitorium. Vessel and effects disinfected by Port Sanitary Authority.
„ 10s.s. JaconaDundee, 96,365Portland, MaineDo. (2 cases)5th „Portland, MaineRemoved to Port Sanitary Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected.
11s.s. RomanLondon, 112,779Palermo, 28th Dec., 1901Enteric Fever9 th „PalermoDitto.
„ 11Mascotte BargeLondon, 85,103Hadleigh, Essex, 9th Jan., 1902Small-poxLondonDitto.
„ 12s.s. UmtaliLondon, 105,810Port Natal, 15th Dec., 1901Enteric Fever3rd „DurbanDitto.