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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 VI.
Return of the Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified to the Local Government Board during the Year 1914, and of Deaths from the Diseases Notified: —
| Notified. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| Small-poxa | 2 | |
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 19 | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 6 | |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 33 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | |
| Typhus Fever | ||
| Cholera | ||
| Plague (suspected) | 1 | |
| Relapsing Fever | ||
| Continued Fever | 4 | ... |
| Erysipelas | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis : Pulmonary | 81 | 3 |
| Other kinds | 20 | |
| Cerebro- Spinal Fever | 2 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ||
| Other Diseases | ||
| Chicken-pox | 21 | |
| Measles | 10 | |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | ||
| 200 | 7 | |
NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING 1914.
Small-pox:—Passengers 122
Crew 129
Total - 251
Not traced—Nil.