The Attorney-General and others -v- The Mayor, aldermen & citizens of the city of Nottingham. Minutes of evidence (February 10 - February 15, 1904).

  • Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Chancery Division.
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[1904?]
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Credit: The Attorney-General and others -v- The Mayor, aldermen & citizens of the city of Nottingham. Minutes of evidence (February 10 - February 15, 1904). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3038. That is not so with the great liners ?--Yes. Fabiuiuy 15, v.)04 3039. I thought they cleared out very soon ?—No. — 3040. Surely, take the P. & O. steamers, they clear out pretty Qo]^n„,.ij„^ quickly, do they not ?—Not within the incubation period of small-i)0x ° 'K' -^ A as a rule. 3041. We will not pursue that. You say in 1882 the first ship was established off Dartford ?—Yes, that is so, that w^as the Atlas ; she went out from Ueptford. 3042. After that, for 16 years, you had complaints ?—Y'es, I had B the first complaint in 1882, and I reported that at the time, and I have an extract from my report. 3043. Did the complaints go on for all these 15 years ?—Yes, 15 years. 3044. That was about the last, was it ?—Probably the last. 3045. But that was as to a communication between the ships and the Kent shore ?—No, the Essex shore. The communication between the ships and the Kent shore was the Asylum Board inter- communication. 3046. Of course, they had there inter-connnunication, but I D thought the communication of which you complain was between the ships and the south shore ?—No, the north shore. 3047. Now I put it to you that the result of your complaint was that the management on the ship got much stricter ? —Yes. 3048. And the instances of communication got fewer and fewer ' —those that came to your knowledge ?—Those that came to my knowledge yes, that is the fact. 3049. In 1896 or 1897 practically you ceased to hear of any such . cases ?—I heard of nothing after 1896. 3050. Probably it is within your knowledge what was mentioned ^ by Dr. Thresh (I do not like to say how many days it is ago) that when the epidemic of 1891 broke out very ample regulations were made by the Metropolitan Asylum Board ?—Possibly, but they cer- tainly were not strict enough to prevent inter-communication. 3051. How do you know ?—Because I have an intimate know- ^ ledge of what takes place on the river, what they will do, and the difficulty. 3052. You had in 1901 and 1902 no information of a connnunica- , tion between the ships and the north shore ?—1901-2, no, I think, no x knowdedge at all. H 3053. You had ceased to be a port officer. At all events you had none in 1896 ?—That is so. 3054. If the ships in 1901-2 were a source of infection to the north shore, we will take Purfleet or the larger district of Orsett if you like, can you give any reason why the Bulwell Hospital should not be