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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE IX.
Measles and German Measles.
| Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official No. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | How dealt with. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918. | ||||
| Jan. 4 | s.s. "Llanstephan Castle" | Durban | 14 | Landed at Devonport. |
| 18 | Training Ship "Arethusa," Green the | 1 | Removed to Isolation shelter on shore. | |
| 25 | Ditto Ditto | 2 | 1 case removed to Port Sanitary Hospital, 1 to Isolation Hospital on shore—Ship's. | |
| March 22 | s.s. "Beltana," of Greenock. 131,853. | Melbourne | 1 | Military case. |
| May 23 | s.s. "Teiresias " | St. John's | 1 | Ditto. |
| June 6 | s.s. "Northland " | Philadelphia | 4 | Ditto. |
| „ 6 | s.s. "Winifredian" | Boston | 1 | Ditto. |
| 6 | s.s. "Morvada" | New York | 3 | Ditto. |
| „ 21 | s.s. "Atreus," of Liverpool, 131,322. | Montreal | 1 | Ditto. |
| 24 | s.s. "Ascanus," of Liverpool | Ditto | 15 | Ditto. |
| „ 24 | s.s. "Berrima," of Glasgow | New York | 3 | Ditto. |
| „ 24 | s.s. "Cassandra" | Montreal | 15 | Ditto. |
| 24 | s.s. "Belle Rothan" | 2 | Removed to Eastern Hospital (M.A.B.) | |
| July 7 | H.M.S. "Gloucestershire" | Halifax | 2 | Military Cases. |
| „ 9 | s.s. "Waimana," of Southampton, 131,795. | Montreal | 10 | Ditto. |
| „ 22 | s.s. "Benalda" | New York | 6 | Ditto. |
| „ 22 | s.s. "Thongwa" | Halifax | 9 | Ditto. |
| „ 22 | s.s. "Ajax" | Boston | 1 | Ditto. |
| „ 22 | s.s. "Saturnia " | Montreal | 11 | Ditto. |
| „ 23 | Royal Albert Dock, South Side | 1 | Removed to South Eastern Hospital (M.A.B.) | |
| Aug. 8 | s.s. "Tydeus" | 5 | Ditto. | |
| „ 8 | s.s. "Beltana" | Boston | 1 | Landed at Halifax. |
| „ 18 | s.s. "Galway Castle" | Durban | 37 | 25 Military cases—11 proceeded home, 1 to Port Sanitary Hospital. |
| „ 26 | s.s. "City of Bombay " | Philadelphia | 1 | Military case. |
| „ 26 | s.s. "Kia Ora" | Montreal | 2 | Ditto. |
| „ 26 | Training Ship "Arethusa," Greenhithe | 2 | Removed to Knockhall Grove Hospital. | |
| „ 27 | s.s. "Field Marshal" | Sydney | 3 | Military cases. |
| „ 27 | s.s. "Laomedon," of Liverpool, 131,442. | New York | 2 | Ditto. |
| „ 28 | s.s. "Berrima" | Boston | 4 | Ditto, |
| Carried forward | 160 | |||