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Port of London 1908

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

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DIPHTHERIA.
A few cases of Diphtheria have occurred on the training-ship "Warspite,"
moored in the River Thames, off Greenhithe. The boys were given three
weeks' leave of absence, during which period the ship was thoroughly
disinfected.

Table: TABLE XVI. (Diphtheria.)

TABLE XVI. (Diphtheria.)

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1908.
Jan. 15H.M.S. "President" Training Ship, lying in West India Dock.—1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
Mar. 25s.s. "Prosum," of DrammenDrammen1Removed to Hospital of Metropolitan Asylums Board.
April 18Training Ship "Cornwall," lying off Purfleet.-1Removed to Hospital at Wenning-ton.
May 9Training Ship "Warspite," lying off Greenhithe.—1Bemoved to Ship's Hospital on shore.
„ 80Ditto—1Ditto.
June 8Ditto—1Ditto.
„ 10Ditto—1Ditto.
„ 12Ditto—1Ditto.
„ 19Ditto—1Ditto.
„ 4s.s. "Durham," of London, 118,499Sydney1Removed to Hospital of Metropolitan Asylums Board.
July 11s.s. "Iwan Asbeleff," of St. PetersburgDunkirk1Bemoved to Port Sanitary Hospital.
Aug. 13Barge "Maude Little," of Rochester, 87,217.Plymouth1Removed to Hospital of Metropolitan Asylums Board.
„ 17Training Ship "Warspite,," lying off Greenhithe—1Isolated on board.
Oct. 10Ditto—1Removed to Ship's Hospital on shore.
„ 16Ditto—1Ditto.
Nov. 12s.s. "Irkutsk," of WindauRiga1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
„ 13Training Ship "Warspite," lying off Greenhithe.—1Removed to Ship's Hospital on shore.
„ 18Training Ship "Arethusa," lying off Greenhithe.-1Ditto.
Total18