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The cases marked * were removed to Denton Hospital, and f to the local Hospital at Grays.
The remainder were landed at foreign ports.
SMALL-POX.
The s.s. " * * " arrived at Gravesend on the 12th April. A native fireman
was landed at Denton Hospital suffering from Small-pox. The date of appearance of
the rash, April 6th, showed that infection had taken place during the stay of the
ship at either Suez or Port Said on the 23rd or 24th March.
The bedding, clothing and effects of the native crew were disinfected. Also the
native quarters. The whole of the native crew were vaccinated, together with five of
the European crew who had not been recently re-vaccinated ; sixty-six vaccinations in all.
The crew was under supervision during stay in the Port. No further case
occurred.
The s.s. " * * " arrived at Gravesend for Tilbury Dock on July 5th. On
examination the ship was found free from disease and suspicious illness during the
voyage.
A case of Small-pox in one of the crew was notified on July 12th ; this case was
discovered living at Grays, Essex.
Your Medical Officer at once visited the ship in Tilbury Dock, and found the
circumstances to be as follows :—
The patient was taken ill on July 8th, rash appeared on the 11th.
The date of this rash was exactly fourteen days from the date of the call of the
ship at Marseilles. On re-inspection of the crew no hitherto unsuspected source of
infection was found. Therefore, it was probable that the patient had been infected
at Marseilles.