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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX G.—
| Date. | Name of Vessel. | Description. | Official No. | Owners or Brokers. | Where lying. | Disease. | Source of Infection. | Where case removed to. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. | Exmouth | School Ship | — | Metropolitan Asylums Board. | Grays | Scarlet Fever (?) | "Shaftesbury" (?) | Ship's Infirmary. |
| April 7 | Astronomer | Str. | 87,923 | Temperley,Carter & Darke, 21, Billiter-street. | Gravesend | "Choleraic Diarrhœa" | Calcutta | Calcutta. |
| „ 11 | Rome | Str. | 81,820 | Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., Leadenhall-st. | Ditto | Chicken-pox (2) | Malta | Travelled to Liverpool. |
| „ 12 | Beethoven | Str. | 61,475 | John Black and Co., 19, Change Alley. | Ditto | Erysipelas | New York | Died at Sea. |
| „ 14 | Ben Voirlich | Sail | 68,067 | H. J. Watson, 5, Oswald street, Glasgow. | Hull | Small-pox | (?) | Small-pox Hospital |
| May 9 | Chusan | Str. | 87,414 | Peninsular and Oriental S, N. Co., Leadenhall-st. | Royal Albert Dock | Measles (3) | Melbourne - | Colombo and Plymouth. |
| „ 10 | Iberia | Str. | 69,336 | Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool. | Tilbury Dock | Measles (10) - | Sydney | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 13 | City of Calcutta | Str. | 85,862 | M ontgomerie & Workman, Gracechurch-street. | Victoria Dock | Continued Fever | (?) | London Hospital. |
| „ 4 | Belvedere and Per | Barges | (43,993) | Knight. Bevan & Sturge. | Northfleet | Small-pox (1) | (?) | Sanatorium, Gravesend. |
| severance | (60,892) | Northfleet. | ||||||
| „ 19 | Angler | Sail | 63,342 | H. G. Rattle, Greenwich | Greenwich | Scarlet Fever | London | Deptford Fever Hospital. |
| June 8 | Peshawur | Str. | 65,641 | Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., Leadenhall-st. | Royal Albert Dock | Mumps (3) | London | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 8 | Mirror | Str. | 91,900 | Eastern Telegraph Co., 50, Old Broad-street. | South-West India Dock | Enteric Fever | (?) | Died at Sea. |
| „ 11 | Shannon | Str. | 83,934 | Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., Leadenhall-st. | Royal Albert Dock | Enteric Fever | Malta | St. Thomas' Hospital. |
| „ 21 | Orient | Str. | 82,254 | Anderson, Anderson & Co., 5, Fenchurch-avenue. | Tilbury Dock | Measles | Sydney | Convalescent on arrival. |