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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX H— continued.
| Date. | Name of Vessel. | Port of Registry and Official No. | Where from and date. | Disease. | Date of Attack. | Probable source of Infection. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901. | 1901. | 1901. | |||||
| Oct. 5 | Warspite Training | Ship, lying off | Greenhithe | Diphtheria | 5th Oct. | Previous case | Removed by Port Sanitary Authority to Charlton Baths. Ship's hospital disinfected by crew. |
| „ 14 | Do. | Do. | Do. | Do. | 12th „ | Do. | |
| „ 7 | Arethusa Training | Ship, lying off | Greenhithe | Scarlet Fever (3 cases) | 27th Sept. 2nd Oct. 6th „ | Do. Do. Do. | Removed to Hospital at Greenhithe. Ship's hospital disinfected by crew. |
| „ 12 | Do. | Do. | Do. | Do. (3 cases) | 8th „ 8th „ 10th „ | Do. Do. Do. | Ditto. |
| „ 19 | s.s. Mashona | London, 99,053 | Tyne, 5th Oct. | Enteric Fever | (?) | (?) | Inmates of Seamen's Hospital. Vessels sailed before receipt of notification of the cases of sickness. |
| „ 19 | s.s. North. Point | Liverpool, 113,438 | Philadelphia, 27th Sept. | Do. | (?) | (?) | |
| „ 21 | s.s. Jamaican | Liverpool, 102,085 | New Orleans, 30th Sept. | Continued Fever | 30th Sept. | New Orleans | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital with effects. Vessel disinfected. |
| ,, 22 | s.s. Rome | Greenock, 81,820 | Sydney, 9th Sept. | Enteric Fever | 6th Oct. | (?) | Ditto. |
| „ 25 | s.s. Nautilus | London, 70,681 | Antwerp, 23rd Oct. | (?) | (?) | (?) | Patient was removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital, supposed to be suffering from Smallpox, but was discharged the same day. The vessel and effects were disinfected. |
| „ 28 | s.s. Cervona | Dundee, 104,736 | Montreal, 13th Oct. | Enteric Fever | 20th Oct. | Montreal | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital with effects. Vessel disinfected. |
| „ 30 | s.s.Nineveh | Aberdeen, 104,505 | Outward Bound | Y aricella | (?) | (?) | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital for observation. |
| Nov. 8 | s.s. Fremona | Dundee, 93,470 | Montreal, 24th Oct. | Enteric Fever | 1st Nov. | Montreal . | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. Vessel and effects disinfected. |
| „ 9 | s.s. Ormuz | Glasgow, 93,341 | Sydney, 28th Sept. | Measles (3 cases) | 2 on 2nd Nov., 1 on 5th. | Colombo | Ditto. |
| „ 9 | s.s. Conqueror | London, 108,177 | Newhaven, 7th Nov. | Smallpox | 2nd Nov. | London | Admitted to Borough Sanitorium, Graves end . Vessel and effects disinfected by the Port Sanitary Authority. |
| „ 11 | s.s. Shahristan | Swansea, 106,842 | Bussorah, 9th Oct. | Enteric Fever | 20th Oct. | (?) | Removed to Hospital at Port Said. |
| ,, 11 | Ditto | ditto | ditto | Small pox | 11th „ | (?) | Removed to Hospital at Aden. Vessel disinfected by Port Sanitary Authority. |
| „ 12 | s.s. Waikato | Plymouth, 99,263 | Bluff Harbour, 2nd Aug. | Scarlet Fever | 11th Nov. | London | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital with effects. Vessel disinfected. |