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Every member of the crew, and most of the passengers, were vaccinated.
Cabin and hospital cabin were fumigated, and all bedding thrown overboard.
The names and addresses of passengers (292) were notified to the Medical
Officers of Health of the various districts, and the names and addresses of the crew
notified as they left the vessel.
The ss. "Merkara" arrived from Calcutta on the 17th April. On the 18th
March a Lascar showed mild, modified smallpox eruption, and was landed at Colombo
on the 19th. All the crew were vaccinated, and disinfection done at Colombo.
The ss. "Clan Morrison" arrived from Calcutta on the 21st April, 1925. On
the 5th March a native was taken ill—temperature 100° ; few spots on
body and face. The patient was landed at Coconada on the 8th March as smallpox ;
very mild case. All the crew were vaccinated in Calcutta ; disinfection was carried
out at Coconada.
The ss. "Warwickshire" arrived from Rangoon on the 8th May. On the 10th
April a native fireman developed mild smallpox eruption, and was landed at
Colombo on the 12th April.
All crew and passengers were vaccinated and disinfection of vessel carried out
at Colombo.
The ss. " Royal Firth " arrived from Guernsey on the 26th September, 1925.
The vessel had been in South Shields for repairs.
Arrived London 11th September, 1925.
Left London for Middlesbrough.
Left Middlesbrough for Guernsey, 16th September.
Arab fireman taken ill on the 19th September ; rash appeared on the
21st. Landed at Guernsey, suffering from variola, on the
21st September.
Vaccination of crew, and disinfection of vessel, carried out in Guernsey.
The vessel was kept under strict watch while in the Port of London, and left
for Middlesbrough on the 30th September, the Medical Officer of Health for that
port being notified accordingly.
Information was received from Middlesbrough on the 8th October that a case
of supposed smallpox had been landed from the ss. "Colorado," at Antwerp, on
the 2nd October. All the crew were re-vaccinated.
The patient joined the ss. "Colorado" in London on the 18th September,
having been transferred from the ss. " City of Boston," then lying in the Tyne.
The " Colorado " arrived at Gravesend on the 14th October from Rotterdam,
and was kept under strict observation while in the Port. No further case of
illness was reported, and the vessel left for Natal on the 17th October.