Boats - Sailing - Ships

Jun. 20, 1957 - Flu ship with British Servicemen and Families on board is placed under Quarantine at Durban: The 18, 036-ton British troopship Empire Orwell. who is on her way to Britain with 200 troops and 250 women and Children arrived at Durban and was placed under strict quarantine because there are several cases of Asian influenced aboard. Photo Shows Through not allowed ashore the soldiers still traded with fruit vendors on the Durban quay by the basket-and-line method familiar to travellers to the Mediterranean and the Orient

Restrictions Only for United Kingdom

Allowed Ashore Cases Durban Familiar Influenced Method Orwell Placed Quarantine Servicemen Strict Traded Travellers Troopship Vendors

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