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Port of London 1920

Report for the year ended 31st December 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London

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Table: TABLE XXVII.Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1920.

TABLE XXVII.

Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1920.

Month.Reason for Disinfection.Total number of Disinfections.
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.Chicken-pox.Cholera.Continued Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Frysipelas.MalariaMeasles.Influenza.Plague.Remittent Fever.Scarlet Fever,Small-pox.Pulmonary Tuberculosis, icc.Precautionary Measure.Vessels Fumigated and Sprayed.
January............21........................2...510
February...2.........2......1............33...516
March...............1............1......21...611
April........................3...............1...15
May............12......1........................4
June.....................12.........1...1......5
July........................2...............1...14
August.........2............. . ................3...38
September...1......12..............................26
October.........1...1.... . .. . ..........1...1...37
November...............1......2.........1.........26
December............11......1.....................25
Totals...3...3511...112...1...3513...3087

Table: TABLE XXVIII.Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1920.

TABLE XXVIII.

Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1920.

Month.Reason for Disinfection.Hospital Bedding, &c.Total Effects.Number of times Stearn Disinfector was use.Disinfected by Fumigation.
Cholera.Chicken-pox.Cerebrospinal Meningitis.Continued Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Malaria.Measles.Pulmonary Tuberculosis, &c.Plague.Influonza.Scarlet Fever.Small-poxPrecautionary Measure.
January............21........................144...
February...1......12...2......1.........2126...
March...........................1............255...
April.....................1...............34862
May...............2...1.........1......2641
June.....................1.........1......1331
July.....................2..................132...
August.........2.........2.....................42...
September...1......12........................15......
October.........1.........1...............1...342
November...............1...1.........1.........32...
December............1..............................11...
Totals...2...358...11...l13541457417

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EXAMINATION OF RATS.
In connection with change of location of the teaching centre of the London School
of Tropical Medicine, Dr. Newham, who made the examinations since the inception
of systematic examination of rats in the Port Sanitary District, wrote with regret that
he was unable to continue the work under the circumstances. It was recommended
that the rat examinations be carried out by the Seamen's Hospital Society through
their resident Pathologist at the Royal Albert Dock Hospital, Dr. H. M. Hanschell,
and that your Medical Officer make arrangements to that end with the Secretary of
the Society and with Dr. Hanschell on the former basis, namely:—
Up to 2,000 rats examined £250
Each 1,000 after £50
The examination to be personally conducted by Dr. Hanschell, or, when necessary,
by a substitute approved by the Medical Officer of Health.
In the Appendix will be found analytic tables of the work done by Dr. Hanschell.