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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 1906

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

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Table: TABLE X. (Scaklet Fever.)

TABLE X. (Scaklet Fever.)

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of Cases.How dealt with.
1906. March 16s.s. "Quiloa," of Glasgow, 121,253Calcutta1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
17Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall Pier—1Isolated at home.
24s.s. "Arabia," of Greenock, 105,589Bombay1Removed to Hospital at Aden.
25s.s. "Ortona," of Liverpool, 110,613Brisbane1Removed to Hospital at Naples.
April 2s.s. "Folkvang," of PorsgrundPorsgrund1Removed to Hospital of Metropolitan Asylums Board.
16s.s. "Sardinia," of Glasgow, 115,696Calcutta1Removed to Hospital at Colombo.
May 2s.s. "New Londoner," of Newcastle, 104,246.Newcastle-on-Tyne.1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
June 13Ba. "Thames," of London, 77,040London1Ditto.
Sept. 5s.s. "Welikij Krijas Alexander Michailowitsch," of Riga.Libau1Ditto.
Oct. 2Cottage at Steel Yard, Surrey Commercial Dock.—1Removed to Hospital of Metropolitan Asylums Board
22Ba. "Matilda Upton," of Ipswich, 95,302.Wisbech1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
Sept. 20 to Oct. 27 „ 29"Arethusa" Training Ship, lying off Greenhithe. s.s. "Minnehaha," of Belfast, 110,520New York51 16 removed to Dartford, 16 to Port Sanitary, 7 to Ship's Hospital on shore (where 1 died), 22 isolated on board ship. Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
Oct. 28 to Nov. 24"Arethusa " Training Ship, lying off Greenhithe.—5Isolated on board.
Nov. 24 to Dec. 31Ditto—142 isolated onboard, 6 removed to Dartford, 6 to Port Sanitary Hospital.
Total82