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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

Port of London 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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Table: TABLE X. (Diphtheria. )

TABLE X. (Diphtheria. )

Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
1911.
Jan.23s.s. "Stephen Furnes," of NewcastleNewcastle1Removed to Brook Hospital, Shooter's Hill.
March23Training ship "Arethusa," lying offGreenhitheIRemoved to ship's sanatorium on shore.
„27Ditto dittoditto1Removed to Bow Arrow Lane Hospital.
April10London Dock, No. 1, Dock Cottages1Removed to hospital at Homerton.
„26s.s. "Dover Castle," of London, 118,409.Delagoa1Landed at Southampton.
May3s.s. "Namur," of Greenock, 123,528Calcutta1Removed to hospital at Marseilles.
„22Training ship "Exmouth," lying off Grays1Removed to ship's hospital on shore.
June1s.s. "Galeka," of Southampton, 110,265.Cape Town1Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital.
„11s.s. " Agadir," of Liverpool, 124,092Las Palmas2Ditto.
„24Training ship "Warspite," lying off Greenhithe2Removed to ship's hospital on shore.
„26Ditto dittoditto2Ditto.
July17Training ship "Arethusa," lying offGreenhithe1Ditto.
Aug.4Training ship "Exmouth," lying offGrays1Removed to Eastern Hospital, Homerton.
Oct.26s.s. "Gloucester Castle," of LondonDelagoa Bay1Landed at Las Palmas.
Dec.20s.s. "Avondale Castle," of London, 108,160.Antwerp1Removed to hospital at Hamburg.
Total18