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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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| Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911. | |||||
| Oct. | 1 | s.s. Marathon," of Aberdeen, 118,184 | Cape Town | 2 | Removed to Branch Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ | 1 | s.s. "Oceana," of Belfast," 93,170 | Bombay | 1 | Died—buried at sea. |
| „ | 3 | Pier Head Cottage, St. Katheriue's | Dock | 1 | Removed to Homerton Hospital. |
| „ | 6 | s.s. "Albania," of Liverpool, 11Q,797 | Montreal | 2 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ | 17 | s.s. "Radiance," of Sunderland, 119,222. | Rosario | 1 | Landed at Las Palmas. |
| „ | 24 | s.s. "Eda," of London, 120,684 | Smyrna | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| Nov. | 14 | s.s. "Egyptian," of Glasgow, 98,618 | Odessa | 1 | Ditto. |
| „ | 16 | s.s. "Westhampton," of Hartlepool, 124,324. | Savannah | 1 | Ditto. |
| Dec. | 1 | s.s. “Ausonia," of Liverpool, 129,735 | Montreal | 1 | Ditto. |
| „ | 2 | s.s.Inventor," of Liverpool, 131,287 | Calcutta | 1 | Removed to Hospital at Port Said. |
| „ | 5 | s.s. "Derbyshire," of Liverpool, 105,876. | Rangoon | 1 | Removed to Tilbury Hospital. |
| „ | 6 | s.s. "Senator," of Liverpool, 102,078 | San Francisco | 1 | Removed to Hospital at St. Vincent. |
| Total | 70 | ||||
Measles has been a notifiable disease in the Port of London since 1890.
This disease was made notifiable for the following reasons:—
1. It is a very infectious disease with a high death rate in children.
2. In its early stage the rash of Smallpox somewhat resembles Measles.
3. Masters of vessels were accustomed, in order to avoid delay to their
vessels, of assuming any rash to be Measles, and so did not think it
necessary to mention it on arrival at Gravesend.
4. Members of the crew and passengers of vessels infected with this disease
are generally landed at Denton Hospital. Many passenger lines carry
numbers of children on their vessels, and it is obviously desirable that
this disease should not break out on the voyage.
5. Passengers arriving from " Foreign " and who are suffering with Measles,
are generally unable to go to a hotel, and have no other place to which
they can go where they will not communicate the disease. Moreover,
they generally travel by rail from the docks and may infect a large
number of persons en route. It is therefore desirable that passengers
suffering from Measles, unless they can be removed to some place
where they can be isolated and proper precautions taken, should be
removed to the hospital at Denton when there is sufficient accommodation
available, and kept there till they are free from any risk of
infecting other persons.