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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. Oct. 6 | s.s. Britannia - | Greenock, 93,196 | 1902. Sydney, 23rd Aug. | Diarrhoea (Choleraic) ? | 1902. 30th Sept. | Marseilles - | Patient died 2nd Oct. and was buried at sea. Disinfection carried out by ship's surgeon as a precautionary measure. |
| „ 7 | Warspite Training Ship, lying off Greenhithe - | Diphtheria (2 cases) | 5th Oct. 6th „ | Previous cases | Removed to ship's hospital on shore. Hospital cabin disinfected. | ||
| „ 8 | Do. | do. | do. | Do. | 6th „ | Do. - | Ditto. |
| „ 10 | s.s. Caledonia - | Greenock, 102,390 | Bombay, 20th Sept. | Measles - | 1st „ | Bombay | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital with effects. |
| „ 11 | s.s. Ormuz | Glasgow, 93,341 | Sydney, 30th Aug. | Enteric Fever | 8th „ | (?) | Ditto. |
| „ 12 | s.s. Sultana | Hull, 93,144 | Patras, 26th Sept. | Do. | 6th „ | Patras | Ditto. |
| „ 14 | s.s. Batavier I. - | Rotterdam - | Rotterdam, 13th Oct. | Measles - | 14th „ | Elberfeldt - | Ditto. |
| „ 15 | s.s. Ormuz - | Glasgow, 93,341 | Sydney, 30th Aug. | Scarlet Fever | - - | (?) | Admitted to Gravesend Sanatorium on 13th Oct. Patient had been treated for Rheumatic Gout since 17th Sept. |
| „ 23 | s.s. Orontes | Glasgow, 115,707 | New vessel lying in Tilbury Dk. | ? Chicken-pox | 23rd Oct. | (?) | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital with effects. |
| „ 28 | s.s. Scotia - - | London, 102,862 | Plying on River Thames | Enteric Fever | 19th „ | (?) | Inmate of Gravesend Sanatorium. Effects removed to Port Sanitary Hospital for disinfection. |
| ,, 30 | s.s. Cambrian | W. Hartlepool, 106,957 | Boston, 18th Oct. | Do. | 29th „ | Boston | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital with effects. |
| Nov. 10 | Providence Canal Boat | Berkhamsted, 282 | Chelsea, 7th Nov. | Do. | 22nd „ | (?) | Inmate of Ealing Hospital. |
| „ 16 | s.s. Formosa | Barrow, 93,427 | Calcutta, 15th Oct. | Do. | 28th „ | (?) | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital with effects: |
| „ 17 | Warspite Training Ship, lying off Greenhithe - | Diphtheria (2 cases) | 12th Nov. 13 th „ | Previous case | Removed to ship's hospital on shore, Hospital cabin disinfected. | ||
| „ 21 | s.s. Dalton Hall - | W. Hartlepool, 106,998 | Newport News, 2nd Nov. | Enteric Fever | 11th „ | Newport News | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital with effects. |
| „ 22 | s.s. Arabia | Greenock, 105,587 | Bombay, 1st Nov. | Adenitis (2 cases) | 30th Oct. 18th Nov. | (?) | One case removed at Bombay, and one to Port Sanitary Hospital with the whole of the crew's effects. |