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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. May 19 | s.s." Barbadian," Liverpool, 102,072. | New Orleans | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 21 | " Arethusa " Training Sh Purfleet. | ip, lying off | Scarlatina - | Ship's hospital on shore. |
| „ 22 | s.s. " Devonshire," Glasgow, 106,063. | Buenos Ayres | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 23 | s.s. " Inyati," Aberdeen, 106,542. | Port Natal- | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 23 | s.s. " Mississippi," American. | Baltimore - | Ditto | Branch Seamen's Hospital, 8th May. Vessel had sailed for Baltimore on the 21st May. |
| s.s. " Guelph," London, 104,040. | Cape Town - | Ditto | Port Sanitary Hospital. | |
| June 1 | s.s. " Gregynog," Sunderland, 109,700. | Sunderland | Small-pox - | Patient left vessel at Sunderland on 19 th May, apparently in good health. Vaccination offered to crew, but only accepted by Master. |
| „ 2 | s.s. " Victoria," Greenock, 93,192. | Sydney | Ditto | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 3 | s.s. " Monarch," Liverpool, 106,880. | Montreal - | Erysipelas - | Orsett Isolation Hospital, 29th May. |
| „ 3 | s.s. " European," Liverpool, 106,828. | Quebec | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 4 | “Cornwall " Training Sh Purfleet. | ip, lying off | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 6 | Ditto | ditto | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 15 | Ditto | ditto | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 12 | Ditto | ditto | Diphtheria | Wennington Hospital. |
| „ 7 | s.s. " Eastwood," Hull, 82,515. | London | Erysipelas - | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 9 | s.s. " Syria," Glasgow, 113,959. | Cape Town - | Chicken-pox | Removed at Southampton, where vessel was disinfected. |
| ” 14 | "Warspite " Training Ship, lying off Greenhithe. | Enteric Fever | Ship's hospital on shore. | |
| „ 15 | s.s. "Hihernian," Glasgow, 115,317. | Buenos Ayres | Typhus Fever | Left vessel on 30th May. He arrived at Govan on the following day, and was admitted to hospital there on 10th June. |
| „ 19 | s.s." Gaika," Southampton, 106,908. | Algoa Bay - | Continued Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 23 | s.s. " Minnehaha," Belfast. 110,520. | New York - | Measles | Isolated at own residence. |
| „ 23 | s.s. " Doune Castle, London, 98,174. | Cape Town - | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| ” 24 | s.s." Gaika," Southampton, 106,908. | Algoa Bay - | Scarlet Fever | Royal Herbert Hospital. |
| „ 26 | s.s. " Chesapeake," London, 105,720. | Philadelphia | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 28 | s.s. "NorthPoint," Liverpool, 113,478. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 29 | s.s. " Oriental," Greenock, 93,210. | Sydney | Measles | Convalescent on arrival, and allowed to proceed in vessel. |