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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 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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Table: GASES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES FROM VESSELS.

GASES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES FROM VESSELS.

DISEASENUMBER OF CASES DURING THE YEAR
Smallpox-
Scarlet Fever4
Diphtheria4
Enteric Fever-
Measles1
German Measles-
Scabies18
Pulmonary Tuberculosis6
tuberculosis (Other Kinds)-
Pneumonia2
Influenza-
Dysentery-
Malaria-22
Chickenpox1
Mumps3
Poliomyelitis1
Tonsillit is1
Acute Rheumatism1
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Table: Ci.SES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OCCURING ON VESSELS DURING THE .VOYAGE BUT -DISPOSED OF PRIOR TO ARRIVAL.

Ci.SES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OCCURING ON VESSELS DURING THE .VOYAGE BUT -DISPOSED OF PRIOR TO ARRIVAL.

DISEASENUMBER OF. CASES DURING THE YEAR
Smallpox1
Scarlet Fever-
Diphtheria1
Enteric Fever-
Measles-
German Measles-
Scabies1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis-
Tuberculosis (Other Kinds)-
Pneumonia-
Influenza-
Dysentery-
Malaria126
Chickenpox-
Mumps1
Gastro Enteritis2
Cellulitis1
Rheumatic Fever1
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Table: RATS DESTROYED DURING 1944

RATS DESTROYED DURING 1944

(l) on VESSELS.
(a)(b)(c)
No. of Rats destroyed.No. of Rats examined.No. of Rats found to be infected with Plague.
5,887.660.Nil.
(2) IN DOCKS. QUAYS, WHARVES AND WAREHOUSES.
(a)(b)(c)
No. of Rats destroyed.No. of Rats examined.No of Rates found to be infected with plague.
3,028.469Nil.