London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Hillingdon 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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Later in June the Annual Conference of the Association of Sea and Air Port Health Authorities
took place. To mark the centenary of the establishment of their Port Health Authority, the City of
London played host to the Association on this occasion. The Conference was attended by the former
Chairman of the Health Committee, the Director of Health Services and the Principal Medical
Officer.

Table: STATISTICS

STATISTICS

No. of Passengers seen by Health Control790,724
No. of Aircraft issued with Disinsectization Certificates423
No. of Aliens inspected under Aliens Order8,643
No. of Forms Port 12 issued115
No. of Aliens refused entry87
No. of Commonwealth Immigrants examined44,629
No. of Forms Port 23 issued61
No. of Commonwealth Immigrants refused entry20
No. of Immigrants X-rayed8,893
No. of Long-Stay Immigrants Notifications sent to Medical Officers of Health ...32,484
No. of Conditional Landing Forms sent to Medical Officers of Health ...243
No. of Surveillance Notifications sent to Medical Officers of Health4,909
No. of Smallpox Vaccinations carried out8,664
No. of Cholera Vaccinations carried out1,919
No. of Yellow Fever Vaccinations carried out292
No. of Unvaccinated Passengers Isolated105
19681969197019711972
Total aircraft movements:247,417293,745270,169273,490279,227*
Total passenger flow:13,355,90614,314,88215,606,71916,174,75618,621,886
* Provisional figure.

Table: IMMUNISATIONS

IMMUNISATIONS

Vaccinations against SmallpoxVaccinations against Cholera
19728,66419721,919
19716,41319712,008
19708,99819701,515
196910,2541969611
196810,2931968327
Number of Passengers IsolatedVaccinations against Yellow Fever
19721051972292
1971921971225
19701371970131
1969881969103
196846196873