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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE IV.
Return of the Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified to the Local Government Board during the Year 1915, and of Deaths from the Diseases Notified : —
| Notified. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 10 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 17 | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 17 | ... |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 24 | |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | |
| Typhus Fever | ... | |
| Cholera | ||
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | 5 | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 9 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | |
| Tuberculosis : Pulmonary | 37 | ... |
| Other kinds | 5 | ... |
| Chicken-pox | 15 | ... |
| Whooping Cough | ... | |
| Measles | 96 | ... |
| Other Diseases :— | 4 | |
| 244 | 4 |
NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING 1915.
| Small-pox :—Passengers | 180 |
| Crew | 203 |
| Total | 383 |
Not traced—7 Passengers, 1 Crew.