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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 1913

[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.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.1912.Mean annual number for 10 years ending 31st December. 1913.1913.
(a) Cases reported: Cholera (including suspected cases)4639535926.519
Yellow Fever (ditto)...12...2............0.94
Plague (ditto)6994146...95.44
Small.pox1124312716278133421.019
Scarlet Fever11268244231621111028.440
Diphtheria3877181111183713.616
Enteric Fever50658155903639706161.265
Measles383668518619231756162.164
German Measles........................30.74
Erysipelas19727551135.33
Typhus Fever........................10.1...
Continued Fever12111111191015910.213
Relapsing Fever...............1.........0.1...
Tuberculosis:—
Pulmonary........................71222151
Other kinds...........................0.77
Other diseases (including Chicken-pox)17163542415725384235.138
Total153211336252308189144350343273.5447
(b) Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital: Cholera (including suspected cases).........1...12......0.4...
Yellow Fever (ditto).................................
Plague (ditto)4313...12...11.72
Small.pox54...8...42624.09
Scarlet Fever7.3284614...6...7.13
Diphtheria...2135143...2.67
Enteric Fever33232627421117223526.529
Measles813314135272711.018
Erysipelas...21...11......10.6...
Typhus Fever.................................
Continued Fever1297106101477.59
Other diseases (including Chicken. pox). Total4124515107879.414
73609175885837568070.891