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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
Port of London 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XI. (Small -pox.)
| Date. | Name of Vessel. Port of Registry and Official No. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908. | ||||
| Jan. 14 | s.s. "Alcinous," of Liverpool, 110,636. | Yokohama | 2 | Removed to Hospital at Singapore. |
| „ 26 | s.s. "Persia," of Greenock, 109,258. | Bombay | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Port Said. |
| Feb. 22 | s.s. "Egypt," of Greenock, 105,581. | Do. | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Gibraltar. |
| March 13 | s.s. "Sunda," of Greenock, 102,399. | Y okohama | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Shanghai, |
| „ 16 | s.s. "Namur," of Greenock, 123,528. | Calcutta | 1 | Removed to. Hospital at Marseilles. |
| April 4 | s.s. "Benvorlich," of Leith, 104,921. | Manila | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Port Maria Velos. |
| „ 9 | s.s. "Matheran," of Liverpool, 120,946. | Calcutta | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Colombo. |
| „ 18 | s.s. "Persia," of Greenock, 109,258. | Bombay | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Aden. |
| „ 25 | s.s. "Dilwara," of Glasgow, 102,645. | Calcutta | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Colombo. |
| May 16 | s.s. "Macedonia," of Belfast, 116,012. | Bombay | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Marseilles. |
| „ 23 | s.s. "Glenlochy," of Glasgow, 105,990. | Yokohama | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Singapore. |
| July 6 | s.s. "Achilles," of Liverpool, 113,405. | Do. | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Colombo. |
| Aug. 9 | s.s."Peninsular," of Greenock, 93,208. | Bombay | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Aden. |
| Sept. 27 | s.s. "Macedonia," of Belfast, 116,012. | Sydney | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Suez. |
| Dec. 16 | s.s. "Den of Airlie," of Dundee, 104,732. | Calcutta | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Genoa. |
| Total | 16 | |||
SCARLET FEVER.
As an example as to how infectious diseases may be spread, a family consisting
of father, mother and two children came from County Donegal, in Ireland, to
embark at Tilbury Dock on the 7th February on board a steamer outward
bound for New Zealand.
The Board of Trade insist on a Medical Inspection of all immigrants before
they embark on a ship, and in the course of this inspection one of the children
was discovered suffering from Scarlet Fever.
The child had been ill since the 26th January, and it is impossible to say
how many persons have been infected by that child whilst travelling by train
from Donegal, in Ireland, to Tilbury, and indeed it is likely that some of the