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The vessel left Alexandria on the 23rd February, and the patient was
attacked on the 9th March.
On the 16th April the "Shannon," on arrival, reported an outbreak under
the following circumstances.
On the 22nd March she left Bombay with 125 time expired blue jackets on
board, on the 27th one of these developed small-pox, and was isolated in the
lifeboat until the following day, when he was taken ashore at Aden with all
his clothing.
On the 1st April a native fireman was landed at Suez with the same disease,
both forecastles were then fumigated and limewashed throughout.
On the 11th, two other blue jackets were attacked and were isolated in the
post-office cabin on deck, and removed by the Naval Authorities to hospital at
Plymouth. The vessel was fumigated in the Albert Dock.
OTHER DISEASES.
Nine cases of enteric fever have been discovered and dealt with.
No special feature attaches to these, except the one attached to the difficulty
of diagnosis in the early stages. Thus in three cases the disease was
reported from the Seamen's Hospital, the patient having been admitted for
some other or some undefined reason, diagnosis being only possible on
development.
TRAINING SHIPS.
The health of the inmates of the training ships for the last half-year has
been on the whole good, and little sickness has been reported.
One case of enteric fever was removed from the "Cornwall" reformatory
ship lying off Purfleet. The patient, who had only been on the ship a week
before being taken ill, was removed to the ship's hospital on shore.
On the 5th January a case of enteric fever was removed from the London
School Board ship " Shaftesbury " lying off Grays.
On the 8th June a case of small-pox was reported on the training ship
"Cornwall." The boy had been ill for two or three days with weakness and
pains in the head, but small-pox was not diagnosed until the 28th, when he
was sent across the river to the Asylum Board ships.