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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE IV. INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Disease. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | Mean Annual number for the 5 years. | 1906. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Plague (ditto) | 19 | 10 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Small-pox | 13 | 93 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 31 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 27 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 82 | ||
| Diphtheria | 7 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 78 | 50 | 65 | 81 | |||
| Measles | 83 | 36 | 14 | 38 | 36 | 68 | |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | ||||||
| Continued Fever | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox) | 9 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 35 | |
| Total | 267 | 282 | 175 | 153 | 211 | 336 | |
| (b) Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital: | |||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | ... | ... | |||||
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Plague (ditto) | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Small-pox | 7 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 28 | ||
| Diphtheria | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 37 | 27 | 55 | 33 | 23 | 26 | |
| Measles | 5 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 3 | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Typhus Fever | |||||||
| Continued Fever | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox) | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | |
| Total | 79 | 103 | 73 | 60 | 91 |