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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
Port of London 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XIX.
Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1907.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Total Number of Disinfections. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | Chicken-pox. | Cholera (Suspected). | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Plague (Suspected). | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Precautionary Measure. | ||
| January | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 |
| February | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| March | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| April | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 5 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| May | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 8 |
| June | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 12 |
| July | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| August | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| September | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 10 |
| October | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 |
| November | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 |
| December | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 7 |
| Totals | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 116 |