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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE V.— INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Disease. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | Mean annual number for 10 years ending 31st December. 1914. | 1914. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cases reported: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 19 | ||
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Plague (ditto) | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Small-pox | 24 | 31 | 27 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 19 | 9 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 26 | 82 | 44 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 30 | |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 16 | 10 | |
| Enteric Fever | 65 | 81 | 55 | 90 | 36 | 39 | 70 | 61 | 65 | 67 | |
| Measles | 36 | 68 | 51 | 86 | 19 | 23 | 175 | 61 | 64 | 228 | |
| German Measles | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | ||||||||||
| Continued Fever | 11 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 2 | |
| Relapsing Fever | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 71 | 151 | 127 | ||||||||
| Other kinds | ... | 7 | 45 | ||||||||
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox). | 16 | 35 | 42 | 41 | 57 | 25 | 38 | 42 | 38 | 50 | |
| Total | 211 | 336 | 252 | 308 | 189 | 144 | 350 | 343 | 447 | 575 | |
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | ... | ||||||||||
| Plague (ditto) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Small-pox | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 23 | 26 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 35 | 29 | 30 | |
| Measles | 13 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 18 | 9 | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Typhus Fever | |||||||||||
| Continued Fever | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox). | 1 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 9 | |
| Total | 60 | 91 | 75 | 88 | 58 | 37 | 56 | 80 | 91 | 61 |