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Port of London 1909
Report for the year ended 31st December 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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TABLE V. INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Disease. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | Mean annual number for 10 years ending 31st December, 1909. | 1909. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cases reported : | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 20 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6.0 | 3 | ||
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | |||||||
| Plague (ditto) | 6 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7.4 | 4 |
| Small-pox | 15 | 13 | 93 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 27 | 16 | 28.0 | 27 |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 82 | 44 | 23 | 26.7 | 16 |
| Diphtheria | 20 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 13.5 | 11 |
| Enteric Fever | 126 | 78 | 66 | 88 | 50 | 65 | 81 | 55 | 90 | 73.5 | 36 |
| Measles | 67 | 83 | 36 | 14 | 38 | 36 | 68 | 51 | 86 | 49.8 | 19 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4.4 | 5 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| Continued Fever... | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 9.6 | 10 |
| Relapsing Fever... | 0.1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox). | 12 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 35 | 42 | 41 | 25.2 | 57 |
| Total | 265 | 267 | 282 | 175 | 153 | 211 | 336 | 252 | 308 | 244.8 | 189 |
| (b) Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital : | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | |||||||||||
| Plague (ditto) | 3 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Small-pox | 9 | 7 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7.7 | 4 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 7.6 | 14 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2.4 | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever | 55 | 37 | 27 | 55 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 42 | 33.6 | 11 |
| Measles | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8.3 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | |||
| Typhus Fever | |||||||||||
| Continued Fever | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7.8 | 10 |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox). | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 8.0 | 10 | |
| Total | 84 | 79 | 88 | 103 | 73 | 60 | 91 | 75 | 88 | 79.9 | 58 |