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SMALL-POX.
The s.s. "City of Canton" arrived from Calcutta on the 22nd January, having
landed a case of Small-pox at Madras on the 19th December. Disinfection of the ship
was carried out there, and bedding, &c., landed. 50 members of the crew were
re-vaccinated. No further cases occurred.
On the 15th January information was received from the Medical Officer of Health
for Grays, that a case of Small-pox had been notified to him in the person of a woman
who had visited s.s. "Devanha" on 27th December, 1919. A case of Small-pox was
removed from this ship to Denton Hospital on 24th December. The disinfection of the
bedding of the Isolation Quarters was left with the ship's Surgeon and Master, the
ship having a steam disinfector on board, and is reported to have been properly carried
out. The actual source of the infection was not traced on board the ship.
Instructions were issued to the Boarding Medical Officers that all infected bedding
and effects in cases of serious Infectious Disease shall be taken for disinfection by
the Port Sanitary Authority.
On the 16th Januarv a case of Small-pox was notified on board the
s.s. " "Carnarvonshire," Iying in the Victoria Dock, and removal requested. Your
Medical Officer visited the ship and found the case to be one of Venereal Disease in
the late secondary stage, with a rash requiring close discrimination.
The s.s. "City of Canton" arrived from Calcutta on the 21st January, having
landed a case of Small-pox at Madras on the 19th December. All bedding, &c., was
landed, and the quarters disinfected at Madras. 50 of the crew were re-vaccinated.
No fresh cases occurred.
On the 3rd February information was received from the Medical Officer of Health
for Liverpool that a man from the s.s. " Ciscar "proceeded to his home in Liverpool
on the 24th Januarv, and became ill on the 26th January. He was found to be suffering
from Small-pox. The s.s. "Ciscar" arrived from Valencia on the 23rd Januarv, and
proceeded to the London Dock. No sickness on board was reported on arrival or
during the voyage, the case having gone to Liverpool in the incubation stage. The
place of infection was Valencia.
The s.s. "Clan McBean" arrived from Chittagong on the 13th February, and
reported having landed a case of Chicken-pox at Chittagong and one case at Colombo;
the latter case was subsequently proved to be Small-pox. On arrival at Gravesend
the second cook was removed to Denton Hospital suffering from (?) Chicken-pox.
Disinfection of effects and infected quarters was carried out by this Authority as for
Small-pox, the case landed at Denton admitting of some doubt.
The s.s. "City of London" arrived from Calcutta on the 19th February, and
reported having landed three cases of Small-pox at Suez on the 4th February. A
fireman was removed to Denton Hospital, on arrival, suffering from Small-pox.
Infected quarters and effects were disinfected by this Authority. The names and
addresses of all passengers and crew were notified to the various Medical Officers of
Health, as follows:—
Passengers 331
Crew 34
The s.s. "Oxfordshire" arrived from Rangoon on the 8th March, having landed
a case of Small-pox at Colombo on the 11th February. All crew and passengers were
vaccinated; effects were landed and infected quarters disinfected at Colombo.
No fresh cases occurred.
The s.s. "Media," of Glasgow, 132,091, arrived from Calcutta on the
26th February, having landed two cases of Small-pox at Colombo on the 29th January.
A general vaccination at Calcutta, and re-vaccination at Colombo, including all
crew and passengers, had been carried out, and the infected quarters had been
disinfected.
No fresh cases occurred.