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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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require the production of international certificates of vaccination against smallpox by persons
arriving from abroad and will require production of such certificates if so requested by the
Minister of Health. The Minister has requested that all persons arriving on ships coming within
14 days from smallpox locally infected or endemic areas be in possession of such a certificate
and this applies whether the persons have themselves come from these areas or not.
Because of the difficulty of examining vaccination certificates of persons arriving in the
Port of London where ships discharge their passengers at widely divergent points, shipping
companies have been asked to arrange for lists of smallpox vaccination certificates of passengers
and crew, counter-signed by the Master and by the ship's surgeon, if carried, to be produced on
the arrival of the ship in the Port.
SECTION VIII
VENERAL DISEASE
NO CHANGE.
| Disease | Passengers | Crew | No. of ships concerned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amoebiasis | – | 1 | 1 |
| Chickenpox | 14 | 6 | 10 |
| Dysentery | – | 6 | 5 |
| Food poisoning (or suspected) | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Gastro-enteritis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Infective hepatitis | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Influenza | – | 2 | 2 |
| German Measles | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Malaria | – | 3 | 2 |
| Measles | 24 | – | 9 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Mumps | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | – | 5 |
| Pyrexia of unknown origin | – | 3 | 1 |
| Scabies | – | 5 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis — pulmonary | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| — non pulmonary | – | 1 | 1 |
| Typhoid or paratyphoid fever | – | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 75 | 50 | 77 |
Cases from ships arriving coastwise.
| Disease | Passengers | Crew | No. of ships concerned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis — pulmonary | – | 2 | |
| — non pulmonary | – | – | – |
| Gastro enteritis | – | 1 | 1 |
| Scabies | – | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | – | 4 | 4 |
Category:
Cases which have occurred on ships from foreign ports but have been disposed of before arrival.
| Disease | Passengers | Crew | No. of ships concerned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chickenpox | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Dysentery | – | 2 | 2 |
| Gastro Enteritis | 392 | – | 3 |
| Glandular fever | – | 2 | 2 |
| Influenza | – | 7 | 1 |
| Malaria | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Measles | 56 | – | 3 |
| Mumps | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis — pulmonary | – | 1 | 1 |
| " — non pulmonary | – | – | – |
| TOTAL | 458 | 25 | 25 |