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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX A.
Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1904.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Total Number of Disinfections. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken-pox. | Continued Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Plague. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-pox. | Precautionary Measure. | ||
| January | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 7 | n | ||||
| February | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ||||
| March | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| April | 5 | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| May | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |||||
| June | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| July - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | |||||
| August | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |||||
| September | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| October | 3 | 3 | ... | 5 | 11 | |||||
| November | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 7 | |||
| December | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| Totals | 5 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 121 |