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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 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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Table: TABLE XII.(Enteric Fever.)

TABLE XII.

(Enteric Fever.)

Date.No. of Cases.Date.No. of Cases.
1916.1916.
Brought forward37
Jan. 62*July 151 *
„ 141†222*
Feb. 5 -1„ 951†
„ 71 *August 12
„ 161†„ .171*
„ 2814*Sept. 71*
March 11181
„ 151†„ 191*
„ 171Oct. 51*
„ 241*„ 161†
April 121 *„ 191
„ 151„ „1
May 71 *„ 231
„ 131„ 261
„ 251Nov. 101†
„ 309*„ 111 *
June 222*„ 141*
„ 241„ 201†
„ 261 *„ 301
„ 271†Dec. 121†
July 13„ 202
Forward37Total61

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* Removed to Denton Hospital, † Removed to Metropolitan and local Hospitals.
The remainder were dealt with before arrival.
ENTERIC FEVER.
H.M. Transport " * * " arrived at Gravesend from Alexandria on February 27th.
Thirteen members of the crew were declared to be ill. In most of these cases the
diagnosis of Enteric Fever had been made ; all were removed to Denton Hospital.
The epidemic was mild in character. Many of the men affected had worked
through the earlier stage of their illness. Ten still had fever on admission ; three were
convalescent ; of the three the diagnosis in one case was still doubtful.