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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COMPULSORY NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Chicken-pox, also Cerebral-Spinal Meningitis, commonly known as Spotted Fever,
were notifiable diseases until the 31st December, 1913.
TABLE XXIII.
(Chicken-Pox.)
Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. | Where from. | Number of Cases. | How dealt with. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1913. | ||||
Jan. 6 | s.s. " Egypt," of Greenock, 105,581 | Bombay | 1 | Landed at Marseilles. |
March 5 | s.s. " China," of Belfast, 104,467 | Do. | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
,, 8 | s.s. " Palawan," of Greenock, 102,400 | Antwerp | 1 | Isolated on board. |
„ 19 | s.s. " Neuralia," of Glasgow, 133,081 | Calcutta | 1 | Landed at Aden. |
,, 22 | s.s. "Morea," of Glasgow, 128,235 | Sydney | 1 | Isolated on board. |
„ 27 | s.s. " Morea," of Glasgow, 128,235 | Do. | 1 | Landed at Marseilles. |
,, 28 | s.s. " Persia," of Greenock, 109,258 | Bombay | 2 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
April 5 | P. and O. " Go Down," Royal Albert Dock. | 1 | Isolated in adjoining premises. | |
,, 10 | s.s. " Areadia," of Belfast, 93,172 | Bombay | 1 | Landed at Bombay. |
May 3 | s.s. " Galician," of Southampton, 113,334 | East London. | 1 | Landed at Southampton. |
,, 14 | s.s. " Himalaya," of Greenock, 99,776 | Calcutta | 2 | 1 removed to Port Sanitary Hospital, 1 isolated on board. |
,, 26 | s.s, " Mombassa," of Glasgow, 96,082 | Do. | 2 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
June 20 | s.s. "Nyanza," of Greenock, 123,529 | Antwerp | 1 | Convalescent on arrival in London. |
„ 21 | s.s. " Borneo," of Newcastle, 104,287 | Calcutta | 3 | Ditto. |
„ 27 | s.s. ''Nyanza," of Greenock, 123,529 | Antwerp | 6 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
July 15 | s.s. " Inanda, of Aberdeen, 118,187 | Beira | 1 | Isolated on board the vessel. |
Aug. 5 | s.s. " Otway," of Glasgow, 128,282 | Brisbane | 1 | Left vessel in London, convalescent. |
,, 28 | s.s. " City of Lucknow," of Glasgow, 106,040. | Antwerp | 1 | Isolated on board the vessel. |
,, 30 | s.s. " City of Lucknow," of Glasgow, 106,040. | Hamburg | 1 | Patient recovered. |
Sept. 1 | s.s. " Mantua," of Greenock, 127,544 | Cronstadt | 1 | Left vessel in London, convalescent. |
,, 6 | s.s. " Mowe, of Bremen | Bremen | 1 | Removed to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
,, 16 | s.s. " Beltana," of Greenock, 131,853 | Sydney | 3 | Left vessel in London, convalescent. |
Oct. 15 | Training ship " Cornwall, lying off Purfleet | 1 | Removed to Wennington Hospital. | |
,, 31 | s.s. " Maidan," of Liverpool, 131,241 | Calcutta | 1 | Removed to Tilbury Hospital. |
Nov. 8 | s.s. "Orvieto," of Belfast, 129,628 | Brisbane | 1 | Left vessel in London, convalescent. |
Dec. 19 | s.s. " Otranto," of Belfast, 124,075 | Do. | 1 | Ditto. |
Total | 38 |