The ships were initially docked at Greenwich and thousands of patients received treatment there. Atlas had beds although in total there were 1, patients accommodated on the ship, of whom died.
However, soon after anchoring at Greenwich, the Thames Conservancy requested that the ships be moved immediately. Castalia was built with a double skeleton, which prevented rolling and hence sea-sickness. The three hospital ships were docked next to one another. While Atlas and Castalia served as the main centers for receiving patients, the former for males and the latter for females, Endymion was in between the two, with passages constructed to lessen the movement from one ship to another.
Unlike the other two, Endymion served as both administrative center and a kitchen where the food for the patients was prepared. Read another story from us: To raise funds Bedlam Asylum allowed, for a penny, public could stare at caged patients.
Sep 14, Tijana Radeska. Edward Jenner. All the ships were heated by steam generated in the hold of the Endymion and connected to the other two ships by flexible piping. In electricity was installed on board the Atlas to reduce the risk of fire. The galley aboard the Endymion. By the ships were in poor condition and proving costly to maintain. A fire broke out on Endymion in January and the ships were vulnerable to weather conditions.
They were also at risk of collisions with other ships; indeed the Castalia was hit by SS Barrowmore in It was also proving difficult to restrain delirious smallpox patients from throwing themselves overboard. It was decided to build a land-based smallpox hospital at Long Reach to replace the ships and provide more beds for patients.
Building work on the Joyce Green Hospital began in , just as another smallpox epidemic broke out in London. The smallpox ships finally became redundant in when the Joyce Green and the other River Hospitals began to open. After twenty years of service, the ships were auctioned off for scrap in Surprisingly the electricity apparatus was also scrapped and Joyce Green Hospital remained lit by gas until Edward Jenner was an English physician who would go on to be become one of the most influential scientists of all time.
There were also a garden and a recreation ground. In a shed was built to house the engines and dynamos needed for electric lighting. The Electric Lighting Act, , permitted the setting up of supply systems by persons, companies and local authorities, and MAB installed electricity on the Atlas a fire on the Training Ship Goliath in had been caused by lighting oil lamps. In MAB had decided to build a land-based smallpox hospital at Long Reach, but the project was delayed.
Building work finally began in , just as another smallpox epidemic erupted in London. By this time the ships were in poor condition and were proving costly to maintain. They were dangerous, being prone to fire despite being lit by electricity, and were vulnerable to weather hazards as well as collisions with other ships in the Castalia was hit by SS Barrowmore , an immigrant ship.
It was difficult to restrain delirious smallpox patients from throwing themselves overboard. It was also impossible to increase the number of patients the ships could accommodate. The smallpox ships became redundant in when Joyce Green and the other River Hospitals began to open.
The ships had held patients, therefore a fivefold increase in service was expected for smallpox patients although a major epidemic never occurred again in London. They had given 20 years of service and accommodated over 20, smallpox victims. The ships were auctioned off for scrap in In a perhaps unusual act of near-sightedness by MAB, the electricity apparatus was also scrapped and Joyce Green Hospital remained lit by gas until Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine 66, Bygone Kent 24, Burne J Smallpox afloat on Long Reach
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