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All necessary disinfection was carried out, and the men were taken ashore and
bathed. Vaccination was performed in the case of 21 persons. This was not accepted
by the master and chief officer.
The crew remained on board and were kept under daily observation until the vessel
sailed for Leith, and the facts were reported to the Medical Officer of Health for that port.
Before sailing, one of the engineers was taken ill with feverish symptoms, but the disease
did not turn out to be Small-pox.
The s.s. "Karin" (Swedish) arrived on the 24th January from Barcelona, and a
case of Small-pox was removed therefrom to Denton Hospital.
All necessary disinfection was carried out and the crew were vaccinated. Possible
contacts: were taken ashore and bathed, and the vessel was kept under daily observation
while in the port.
On the 29th January, I received information from the Medical Officer of Health of
Harrogate, that a case of Small-pox had been notified to him. It appeared that the
patient had left Port Said on the 12th January travelling by the s.s. "Macedonia" to
Marseilles, where he disembarked on 16th January. The date of onset of the disease
appears to have been 23rd January. The s.s. "Macedonia" arrived at Gravesend on
the 23rd January, when it was ascertained that no case of Small-pox or other infectious
or contagious disease had occurred during the voyage. All were well on board on
arrival. The vessel originally came from Sydney. Small-pox existed at Port Said, and
it is probable that the patient was infected there and was incubating the disease whilst
on the steamer, but did not develop the rash, &c., until after his arrival at Harrogate.
The s.s. "Malwa," of Greenock, 127,543, arrived on the 6th February from Sydney,
having landed a case of Small-pox at Gibraltar on the 2nd. All necessary disinfection
was carried out there, and bedding, &c., thrown overboard. The names and addresses
of all passengers and crew were taken and notified to the respective Medical Officers of
Health. The number so notified was 122 passengers and 129 crew.
No further case occurred, and the vessel was kept under daily observation while in
the port.
The s.s. "Mombassa," of Glasgow, 96,082, arrived from Calcutta on the 1st April.
The vessel carried 134 natives as passengers to join a new ship in London. On the
7th March, one of these natives was attacked with Small-pox and was landed at Aden
the same day. On the 23rd March, two of them developed Small-pox and were landed
at Marseilles. The vessel and effects were disinfected at Genoa and Marseilles, and all
the contacts were taken ashore at Marseilles and bathed. Vaccination of all was carried
out. No further cases occurred, and on arrival at Gravesend all on board were found
to be well. Some of the natives left the vessel to join a ship in Glasgow, and the
Medical Officer of Health for that port was duly notified of the facts. Others joined a
vessel in the Royal Albert Dock, and were kept under daily observation while in
the port.
The vessel sailed for Calcutta on the 4th April.
The s.s. "Media," of Liverpool, 129,598, arrived on the 22nd May from Calcutta.
On the 30th April a native Quartermaster was taken ill, and on the 2nd May Small-pox
rash appeared on his face, forearms and feet. There was no fever after the 2nd May,
and the patient had been vaccinated. He was isolated and landed at Suez on the
10th May. All disinfection was carried out and the native crew vaccinated. No
further case occurred, and all were well on arrival at Gravesend.