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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. 30 | s.s. Tavistock | London, 95,432 | 1902. Plying on River Thames | Small-pox | 1902. (?) | (?) London | Removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected. |
| April 2 | John Barge | Rochester, 848 | Erith, 1st April | Do. | 28th Mar. | (?) Do. | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital with effects. Vessel disinfected. |
| „ 3 | Worcester Trainin | g Ship, lying | off Greenhithe | Measles (11 cases) | 27th „ (2 cases) 28th Mar. (5 cases) 29th Mar. (1 case) 31st Mar. (1 case) 1st April (2 cases) | Previous case | Isolated in ship's Floating Hospital "Egidia." Sick bay disinfected. |
| „ 3 | Charles and Isabella Barge | London, 89,556 | Rochester, 26th March | Scarlet Fever | 30th Mar. | (?) | Inmate of Seamen's Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected. |
| „ 4 | s.s. Portia | Hamburg, German. | Hamburg, 25th March | Small-pox | 30th „ | (?) London | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital with effects. Vessel disinfected. |
| „ 5 | Daring Barge | Faversham, 76,610 | Lower Hope, | Do. | (?) | (?) Do. | Removed to Isolation Hospital at North fleet. Vessel and effects disinfected. |
| „ 5 | s.s. Active | Owned by His Majesty's Government. | Plying on River Thames | Do. | 2nd April | (?) Do. | Removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. Vessel disinfected. |
| 6 | s.s. Tom John Taylor | London, 43,934 | S. Shields, 3rd April. | Do. | „ „ | Rotterdam | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital with effects. Vessel disinfected. |
| „ 7 | Fashion Barge | London, 84,421 | Lower Hope, 3rd April. | Do. | „ „ | (?) London | Removed to Borough Sanatorium at Gravesend. Vessel and effects disinfected. |
| „ 7 | s.s. Headlands | W. Hartlepool, 98,525 | Sulina, | Enteric Fever | (?) | (?) | Inmate of Seamen's Hospital. Vessel sailed for Penarth before receipt of notification of case. Medical Officer of Health of Penarth notified. |
| „ 7 | Jubilee Barge | Rochester, | Chatham, 3rd April. | Small-pox | 3rd April | (?) Purfleet | Removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital Ship. Vessel and effects disinfected. |
| „ 7 | s.s .Hopper No. 1 | Owned by Thames Conservancy. | Gravesend, 5th April. | Do. | 2nd | (?) London | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital, Denton with effects. Vessel disinfected. |