Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year ended 31st December 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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TABLE III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Disease. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 191 . | Mean annual number for 10 years ending 31st December. 1912. | 1912. |
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(a) Cases reported: Cholera (including suspected cases) | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5.5 | 2 |
Yellow Fever (ditto) | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 0.5 | ... |
Plague (ditto) | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ... | 5.4 | 9 |
Small-pox | 13 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 27 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 20.4 | 34 |
Scarlet Fever | 11 | 11 | 26 | 82 | 44 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 25.5 | 10 |
Diphtheria | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 12.7 | 37 |
Enteric Fever | 88 | 50 | 65 | 81 | 55 | 90 | 36 | 39 | 70 | 63.5 | 61 |
Measles | 14 | 38 | 36 | 68 | 51 | 86 | 19 | 23 | 175 | 57.1 | 61 |
German Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.3 | 3 |
Erysipelas ... | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5.4 | 3 |
Typhus Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.2 | 1 |
Continued Fever | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 10.2 | 9 |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 01 | ... | |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.1 | 71 |
Other diseases (including Chicken- | 9 | 17 | 16 | 35 | 42 | 41 | 57 | 25 | 38 | 32.2 | 42 |
pox). Tota | 175 | 153 | 211 | 336 | 252 | 308 | 189 | 144 | 350 | 246.1 | 343 |
(6) Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital : | |||||||||||
Cholera (including suspected cases) | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 0.4 | ... |
Yellow Fever (ditto) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Plague (ditto) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1.8 | 1 | |
Small-pox | 11 | 5 | 4 | ... | 8 | ... | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4.2 | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 5 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ... | 6 | 7.3 | ... |
Diphtheria | 4 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2.3 | ... |
Enteric Fever | 55 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 29.1 | 35 |
Measles | 7 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9.9 | 27 |
Erysipelas | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 0.7 | 1 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever ... | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 79 | 7 |
Other diseases (includi.ng Chicken-pox). Total | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8.5 | 7 |
103 | 73 | 60 | 91 | 75 | 88 | 58 | 37 | 56 | 72.1 | 80 |