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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. Sept. 20 | s.s. " George Fleming," London, 108,234. | Galveston - | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 25 | s.s. " Egypt," Greenock, 105,581. | Bombay | Scarlet Fever & Enteric Fever | Ditto. |
| „ 25 | s.s. " Tynesider," Newcastle, 95,240. | Newcastle-on-Tyne | Scarlet Fever | Patient evaded the Health Authorities at Newcastle, and came to London as a passenger with her mother, and was not traced. |
| „ 27 | s.s. " Castor," Bergen. | Drontheim | Ditto | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| .. 27 | s.s. " Zweena," Liverpool, 113,366. | Mazagan - | Enteric Fever | Ditto. |
| „ 29 | s.s. " Minnetonka," Belfast, 113,520. | New York - | Ditto | Ditto. |
| Oct. 3 | s.s. " Clan Shaw," Glasgow, 115,691. | Vizagapatam | Continued Fever Suspected Plague | Ditto. Landed at Suez. |
| „ 8 | s.s." Clematis," Antwerp | Fernandina | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 8 | Dredger "Perseverance " | Working on River Thames in Lower Hope | Ditto | Gravesend Sanatorium. |
| „ 9 | s.s." Arabia," Greenock, 105.587. | Bombay | Continued Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 13 | s.s." Widgeon," London, 73,657. | Rotterdam - | Enteric Fever | Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 17 | s.s. " Cheshire," Liverpool, 99,310. | Rangoon - | Small-pox - | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 19 | s.s. " Arundel Castle," London, 104,827. | Cape Town- | Diphtheria Measles | Ditto. Convalescent on arrival and proceeded in vessel. |
| „ 20 | s.s. " Palermo," Glasgow, 115,774. | Calcutta | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 20 | s.s. " Paparoa," Ply-month, 111,346. | Lyttelton - | Measles | Convalescent on arrival and proceeded in vessel. |
| „ 23 | s.s. " Silvia," Hamburg | Hamburg - | Small-pox - | Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. |
| „ 23 | " Cornwall " Training Ship, lying off Purfleet. | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. | |
| „ 31 | s.s. " Linnea," Borgvik Vm. | Cardiff | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 31 | s.s. " Moravian," Aberdeen, 108,662. | Sydney | Ditto | Ditto. |
| Nov. 2 | s.s. " Minneapolis," Belfast, 110,515. | New York - | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 14 | s.s. " Alala," Liverpool, 109,454. | Alexandria - | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 15 | s.s. " Runic," Liverpool, 113,441. | Sydney | Measles | Ditto. |
| „ 18 | s.s. " Balder," Gefle - | Stoka | Enteric Fever | Ditto. |
| „ 19 | Barge " Gertie," London, 91,884. | Gravesend - | Ditto | Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital. |
| » 24 | " Sibens," Riga - | Riga - | Ditto | Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 26 | s.s. " Haddon Hall," W. Hartlepool, 106,979. | Bussorah - | Ditto | Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| Dec. 3 | " Sibens," Riga - | Riga - | Ditto | Ditto. |
| ,, 16 | s.s. " Wakasa Maru," Tokio, 1,688. | Yokohama - | Cholera (4 cases) | Singapore. |
| „ 17 | s.s. "Jeranos," Hull, 79,020. | Catania | Enteric Fever | Port Sanitary Hospital. |