Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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The s.s. " Nevassa," of Glasgow, 133,102, arrived from Calcutta on the 29th
December, having landed a case of Small-pox at Colombo on the 30th November last.
No further cases occurred.
All disinfection was carried out at Colombo, and on arrival at Gravesend all on
board were found to be well.
TABLE XIV. (Scarlet Fever.)
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | Number of Cases. | How dealt with. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1913. | ||||
January 24 | Training Ship "Exmouth," lying off | Grays | 2 | Removed to Hospital at Homerton. |
Feb. 17 | s.s. "Johannesburg," of North Shields, 104,829. | East London | 1 | Landed at East London. |
March 18 | s.s. " Omrah," of Glasgow, 108,783 | Brisbane | 1 | Left vessel in London, convalescent. |
29 | s.s. "Orvieto," of Belfast, 129,628 | Do. | 1 | Isolated on board. |
April 10 | s.s. " Arcadia," of Belfast, 93,172 | Bombay | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
May 8 | s.s. " Guildford Castle," of London, 132,611. | Delagoa Bay | 1 | Landed at Southampton. |
9 | s.s. " Hamlet," of Hull, 123,228 | North Sea | 2 | 1 removed to Guy's Hospital, and 1 to Port Sanitary. |
30 | s.s. " Highland Glen," of London, 129,139. | Buenos Ayres | 2 | Convalescent on arrival in London. |
August 27 | Barge " Gog and Magog " (watch barge), | lying at Woolwich. | 2 | 1 removed to hospital at Leyton, and 1 to Port Sanitary hospital. |
Sept. 4/12 | Training Ship " Exmouth," lying off | Grays | 13 | Removed to Ship's Hospital on shore. |
Sept. 29, Oct. 8, 14 and 17 | Ditto | Do. | 4 | Ditto. |
Oct. 27 | Ditto | Do. | 1 | Removed to North Eastern Isolation Hospital. |
Nov. 6 | Ditto | Do. | 1 | Ditto. |
14 | Ditto | Do. | 3 | Removed to Homerton Hospital. |
19 | Ditto | Do. | 1 | Ditto. |
21 | Ditto | Do. | 1 | Removed to Brook Hospital, Woolwich. |
26 | Ditto | Do. | 1 | Ditto. |
28 | Ditto | Do. | 1 | Removed to North Eastern Isolation Hospital. |
Dec. 10 | Ditto | Do. | 1 | Ditto. |
Total | 40 |
As will be seen from the preceding table, there was in September an outbreak of
Scarlet Fever on the training ship " Exmouth" belonging to the Metropolitan Asylums
Board. The outbreak did not attain the proportions of an epidemic, but was passed on
from case to case until December—the total number of cases reported to me being 27.
All the cases were removed to the Board's Hospitals for treatment.