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o£ London, of which the patient's father is master, was also lying there.
The patient visited his father on board the latter's barge, and remained on
board until the arrival of that barge off Grays on the 18th February.
The master of the " Whitwell " and temporary master of the " Atlantic "
were vaccinated, the other members of the crews refusing. Both the barges
were disinfected by this Authority, and the crews, all of whom reside
in Grays, were kept under observation by the medical officer of health for
that district.
On the 4th March it was reported to me that the mate of the barge
" Whitwell," of London, 45,338, had been removed to hospital at Margate
on the 2nd March, suffering from Small-pox. The master of the barge
" Atlantic " of London, was removed from the barge " Whitwell " at Grays
on the 19th February, suffering from Small-pox. The mate of the barge
had been occupying the same cabin as the patient, but obstinately refused to
be vaccinated. He ailed on the 1st March at Margate, and was removed to
hospital there, suffering from the same disease, together with a boatman who
had been in attendance on the barge. The mother of the mate of the barge
" Whitwell " also contracted the disease.