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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
(Continued Fever.)
| Date | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906. Mar. 10 | s.s. "China," of Belfast, 104,467. | Bombay. | 2 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| May 14 | s.s. "Jelunga," of Glasgow, 98,596. | Calcutta. | 1 | Ditto. |
| „ 30 | s.s. "Tyneraouth," of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 114,420. | Wallsend. | 1 | Ditto. |
| July 16 | s.s. "Evelyn," of West Hartlepool, 119,893. | Savannah. | 1 | Ditto. |
| Sept. 11 | s.s. "Persia," of Greenock, 109,258. | Bombay. | 1 | Ditto. |
| „ 18 | s.s. "Shropshire," of Liverpool, 99,319. | Rangoon. | 1 | Ditto. |
| Oct. 17 | s.s. "Sheldrake," of London, 104,558. | Smyrna. | 1 | Ditto. |
| Nov. 2 | s.s. "Skjalm," of Skien | Archangel. | 2 | Ditto. |
| „ 23 | ” Francis Fisher," of London, 91,852. | Bunbury. | 1 | Recovered before vessel arrived in London. |
| Total | 11 |
CHICKEN-POX.
This disease was notifiable in the Port of London from 30th November,
1905, to 31st May, 1906.
On the 7th February I received a message by telephone that there were
some Lascars on the s.s. ''Bantu," of London, official number 114,778, from
Antwerp, lying in the Royal Victoria Dock, who were suffering from an illness
suspicious of Small-pox.
I visited the vessel, and formed the opinion that they were suffering from
Chicken-pox ; and, as there was no accommodation for isolating the men on
board, they were removed to the Port Sanitary Hospital at Denton.
On the 10th February three other cases were removed to the same hospital.
The s.s. "Clan Stuart" arrived at Gravesend on the 21st April.