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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 XXIV.
Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1909.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Hospital Bedding, &c. | Total Effects. | Number of times Steam Disinfector was used. | Disinfected by Fumigation. ' | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera. | Chicken-pox. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Suspected Plague. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Precautionary measure. | |||||
| January | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 |
| February | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ... |
| March | ... | l | ... | ... | l | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | ... |
| April | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 7 | 4 | ... |
| May | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| June | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 4 | ... |
| July | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 10 | 6 | ... |
| August | •< | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| September | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| October | ... | ... | ... | l | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| November | 1 | ... | ... | ... | •• | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ... |
| December | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | ... |
| Totals | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ... | 11 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 93 | 78 | 6 |
ALIENS ACT, 1905.
Explanatory Notes.
Immigrant
ship Section 8 (2) of the Act provides that the expression "immigrant ship"
means "a ship which brings to the United Kingdom more than twenty alien
steerage passengers, who are to be landed in the United Kingdom, whether at
the same or different ports, or such number of those passengers as may be for
the time being fixed by order of the Secretary of State, either generally or as
regards any special ships or ports;" and in this return "immigrant ship" means
a ship which brings to be landed in the United Kingdom more than twenty alien
steerage passengers.
For the purposes of the Act, all alien passengers, except first-class or
"cabin" passengers, are "steerage passengers."