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SCARLET FEVER.
The s.s. "Graciana," of West Hartlepool, 118,054, arrived from St. John's on the
4th April, and proceeded to the Surrey Commercial Dock. The master reported
"all well on board," and no sickness during the voyage. On the 13th April,
information was received that an apprentice had returned to his home at Kirkbymoorside,
from this vessel, and suffering from Scarlet Fever. It would appear that on the
25th March, this boy complained of a sore throat, and had a rise of temperature, and
that he was isolated in a berth, and attended to by the master, who subsequently
reported that the lad in question had been suffering from a " cold," and had been
treated by medical men in St. John's and Halifax. After leaving Halifax, he
complained of a sore throat, and had a rise of temperature, and was treated by him for
"influenza." Subsequently the boy appeared to be well and resumed duty. The
master did not think it necessary in the circumstances to report the case, for
which, of course, he was to be blamed.
A private in the Irish Guards, stationed at Caterham, visited his parents residing
in the Royal Victoria Dock. He was not feeling well when he left Caterham, and
travelled to London by train and by public conveyances to the Royal Victoria Dock.
Feeling worse, he attended the Branch Seamen's Hospital in the Royal Albert Dock,
and was there found to be suffering from Scarlet Fever, and was removed to the
Isolation Hospital at Plaistow, belonging to the County Borough of West Ham. An
offer of admission into Denton Hospital was made, but the patient was too ill to be
removed.