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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX A—continued.
| Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number. | Where from. | Disease. | Hospital to which cases removed. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903. Mar. 12 | s.s. " Beatrice," London, 109,972. | Bombay | Small-pox - | Port Sanitary Hospital. The whole crew, with one exception, were re-vaccinated. |
| „ 14 | s.s. CJganda," Glasgow, 108,721. | Calcutta | Ditto | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 16 | "Arethusa" Training Ship, lying off Greenhithe. | Scarlet Fever | Temporary hospital on shore. Hospital cabin disinfected by ship's attendant. | |
| „ 23 | No. 3 Cottage, Mary Ann Place, London Dock. | Ditto | Isolated at own residence. | |
| „ 24 | s.s. " Italian Prince," Newcastle, 101,836. | Buenos Ayres | Enteric Fever | Inmate of London Hospital. Vessel sailed for Dunkirk before receipt of notification. |
| „ 26 | s.s. Thnle," Gothenburg. | Gothenburg | Diphtheria - | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 26 | s.s. "Anglian," West Hartlepool, 107,840. | Boston | Enteric Fever | Ditto. |
| „ 27 | s.s. "Caledonia," Greenock, 102,390. | Bombay | Small-pox - | Ditto. |
| „ 28- | s.s. " Omrah," Glasgow, 108,782. | Sydney | Suspected Plague | Suez. |
| April 3 | s.s. " Heron," London, 96.678. | Oporto | Small-pox - | Hospital at Hamburg on 28th March. |
| „ 5 | s.s. " India," Greenock, 105,572. | Australia - | Measles | Convalescent on arrival. |
| ” 8 | "Cornwall " Training S hip, lying off' Purfleet. | Enteric Fever (5) | Hospital on shore at Purfleet. | |
| ” 14 | Ditto | ditto | Ditto (2) | Ditto. |
| „ 21 | Ditto | ditto | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 28 | Ditto | ditto | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 9 | s.s. " Saba," London, 105.713. | Trinidad | Small-pox - | Removed at Falmouth 6th April. |
| „ 11 | s.s. " Myrmidon," Amsterdam. | Batavia | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 20 | s.s. " Inkonka," Aberdeen, 109,650. | Natal | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 20 | s.s. " Suevic," Liverpool, 113,456. | Sydney | Small-pox - | Ditto. |
| „ 22 | s.s. "Arundel Castle," London, 104,827. | Cape Town- | Enteric F ever | Ditto. |
| „ 22 | " Oxygen," Barge, Rochester, 104,329. | London | Measles | Ditto. |
| „ 28 | s.s. " Orizaba," Liverpool, 93,688. | Sydney | Suspected Plague | Landed at Suez on 13th April. Vessel disinfected by Sanitary Authority there. |
| May 1 | s.s. " Australia," Greenock, 99,786. | Ditto | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 5 | " Cornwall " Training Sh Purfleet. | ip, lying off | Ditto (3) | One removed to ship's hospital on shore. Two removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 5 | s.s. "Yola," Liverpool, 109,432. | Portland (Maine) | Ditto | Inmate of Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| „ 5 | s.s. " Lackawanna," London, 102,836. | New York - | Ditto | Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, 29th April. |
| ” 6 | s.s. " Corinithic," Liverpool. 115,296. | Wellington, N.Z. | Ditto | Port Sanitary Hospital. |