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She had touched at Port Said on 20th April, leaving the following day
The patient who was taken ill on 30th April was at once removed to the Port
Sanitary Hospital with all his effects. The bed and bedding were burned on
board and the vessel fumigated.
He was probably infected at Port Said.
On 30th May the steam ship "Nestor" came in having had a death from
small-pox on the voyage.
She left Singapore on 8th April and Penang on 14th, taking in pilgrims
at both ports.
On the 20th a child was taken ill, and died six days later. The vessel was
quarantined for five days at Kamaran and fumigated.
All being well on arrival no further action was deemed necessary.
On 4th January a report was received that a vessel which had come into
the Port of London had imported a case of small-pox into Dundee, thus
causing a small outbreak.
On enquiry it was found that the "Edmund Kaye," the vessel in question,
had not put into London at all, but that Wm. Carter, A.B., was paid off from
her at Dundee on 6th December, 1888, and on 8th of same month took a
ticket as passenger in the passenger steamer which trades between Dundee
and London. His reason for coming to London was in order to go to the
Seamen's Hospital as he was suffering from rupture.
He eventually found his way to Camberwell, and on communicating with
the Medical Officer of Health for the district it was found that he had not
suffered from small-pox.
ENTERIC FEVER.
On the 28th May the Danish sailing ship "Excelsior" arrived in the Commercial
Dock.
A seaman went on to the Seamen's Hospital on arrival as being unwell. The
vessel was at once fumigated as the case appeared to be suspicious.
On the 4th a definite diagnosis of enteric fever was made by the hospital
authorities.
He had been poorly since 22nd May, 11 days after leaving Memel.
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