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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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APPENDIX H.—
| Date. | Name of Vessel. | Port of Registry and Official No. | Where from and Date. | Disease. | Date of Attack. | Probable source of Infection. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902. Mar. 21 | Atlas I Coal Derrick | None | Stationed at Erith. | Small-pox (3 cases) | 1902. (?) | Admitted to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. Derrick disinfected | |
| „ 22 | s.s. Claudia | Stockton, 106,502 | 1902. Middlesbro', 19th Mar. | Do. | 18th Mar. | London | Removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. Vessel disinfected. |
| „ 23 | s.s. China | Belfast, 104,467 | Sydney, 8th Feb. | Measles (11 cases) | — | From a case shipped at Colombo. | Eleven cases occurred during voyage ; five of them were removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected. |
| „ 23 | s.s. New Pelton | Newcastle, 51,357 | Hull, 21st Mar. | Small-pox | 10th Mar. (1 case) 23rd Mar. (3 cases) | Removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected (see special note on page 32) | |
| „ 24 | Worcester Trainin | g Ship, lying off | Greenhithe | Measles | 19th Mar. (2 cases) | Previous cases | Isolated in ship's Floating Hospital " Egidia." Sick bay disinfected. |
| „ 24 | s.s. May Queen | London, 112,772 | Guernsey, 21st Jan. | Small-pox | London | Removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected. | |
| „ 25 | s.s. Scorpion | London, 91,943 | Plying on River Thames | Do. | 19 th Mar. | Do. | Ditto. |
| „ 26 | John Barge | Rochester, 47,951 | Wouldham, 21st Mar. | Do. | 21st „ | Removed to Hospital at Rochester. Vessel and effects disinfected. | |
| „ 26 | s.s. Nubia | Greenock, 102,394 | Durban, 20th Feb. | Diphtheria | 22nd „ | Removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital from Branch ' Seamen's Hospital. Vessel disinfected. | |
| „ 26 | s.s. Barking | London, 95,550 | Plying on River Thames | Small-pox | 25th „ | Removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected. | |
| „ 29 | Shaftesbury Traini | ng Ship, lying | off Grays | Do. | 27th „ | Removed to ship's Infirmary on shore at West Field, Grays. Vessel disinfected under supervision of ship's doctor. | |
| „ 29 | John Little Barge | Rochester | Grays, 22nd Mar. | Do. | 24th „ | Removed to Hospital at Grays. Vessel and effects disinfected. |