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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

Port of London 1910

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

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Table: TABLE V. INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

TABLE V. INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

Disease.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909.Mean annual number for 10 years ending 31st December, 1910.1910.
(a) Cases reported: Cholera (including suspected cases)...2094639536.45
Yellow Fever (ditto)............12...2...0.5• ••
Plague (ditto)191066994147.46
Small-pox13931311243127162726.38
Scarlet Fever27131111268244231627.421
Diphtheria282673877181112.611
Enteric Fever78668850658155903664.839
Measles83361438366851861945.423
Erysipelas5241972754.75
Typhus Fever......1..................0.1...
Continued Fever52131211111119109.51
Relapsing Fever........................10.1...
Other diseases (including Chicken-pox).914917163542415726.525
Total267282175153211336252308189231.7144
(b) Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital:
Cholera (including suspected cases)..................1...10.42
Yellow Fever (ditto).................................
Plague (ditto)13434313...13.42
Small-pox7291154...8...47.02
Scarlet Fever525732846147.4...
Diphtheria524...213512.74
Enteric Fever37275533232627421129.817
Measles51178133141358.12
Erysipelas111...21...110.8...
Typhus Fever.................................
Continued Fever54131297106107.71
Other diseases (including Chickenpox1844124515107.97
Total798810373609175885875.237