London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE III.
Return of the Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified to the Local Government Board during the Year 1916, and of Deaths from the Diseases Notified : —
| Notified. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| Small-pox - | 2 | ... |
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever - | ... | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 4 | ... |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 44 | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | |
| Cholera | ... | |
| Plague (Suspected) | ... | ... |
| Pelapsing Fever | ... | |
| Continued Fever | 2 | ... |
| Erysipelas | 1 | ... |
| Tuberculosis : Pulmonary | 39 | ... |
| Other kinds | 10 | ... |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | 1 | ... |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | |
| Other Diseases:— | ... | |
| Chicken-pox | 9 | ... |
| Measles | 14 | ... |
| German Measles | 4 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | |
| 132 | ... |
NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING 1916.
| Disease. | Passengers. | Crew. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 232 | 189 | 421 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 29 | — | 29 |
| Miners' Phthisis | 15 | — | 15 |