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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 1905

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

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The cases were reported to the Board of Trade, who stated that as the
vessel was not a British ship, they had no power to take any action in the
matter.

Table: TABLE XIV.Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1905.

TABLE XIV.

Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1905.

Month.Reason for Disinfection.Total Number of Disinfections.
Chicken-pox.Continued Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Plague.Scarlet Fever.Small-pox.Yellow Fever.Precautionary Measure.
J anuary...I13.........11...29
February1......311......2...19
March2l......1...121...311
April3......5...2......1......11
May...I...3111............7
June1......412............210
July...111..................14
August...I...4...2...12...414
September.........6...1......11413
October...1...4...2............18
November.........1..................34
December.........1............1...35
Totals76235411249124105