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The crew's quarters and all contents were thoroughly disinfected at Suez by
steam heat and fumigation, and the vessel was allowed to enter dock.
Certain precautions were taken to prevent the landing of rats, and the crew
on board were medically inspected daily. The vessel left on the 16th November
for Liverpool, and the facts were duly reported both to the Local Government
Board and the Medical Officer of Health for Liverpool.
The s.s. "City of Edinburgh" arrived at Gravesend on December 5th,
from Calcutta.
During the medical examination of the crew, an Indian cook was found
suffering with a large bubo, accompanied with fever.
There was nothing to account for this, and the man was landed at the Port
Sanitary Hospital for observation, whilst the quarters and any effects likely
to be infected were disinfected.
Bacteriological examination showed that the man was not suffering from
Plague.
The s.s. "Clan Alpine" arrived on the 17th December, from Calcutta.
A member of the Native crew was landed for observation, at the Port
Sanitary Hospital, suffering from a bubo and fever. The crew's quarters and
effects were disinfected.

The capture and destruction of rats in the docks and on ships arriving in
the Port of London from Plague-infected ports, continues to be carried out,
and the results are collected by your Inspectors and recorded at the Office.
This system was adopted in February, 1901, and the total number of rats
recorded as destroyed up to the 31st December approximates very nearly to
half a million.