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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE III.
Return of the Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified to the Local Government Board during the Year 1917, and of Deaths from the Diseases Notified : —
| Notified. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| Plague | 8 | 3 |
| Do. (Suspected) | 2 | |
| Small-pox | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | ||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 6 | |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 20 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | ||
| Typhus Fever | ||
| Cholera | ||
| Relapsing Fever | ||
| Continued Fever | 7 | 1 |
| Cerebro- spinal Fever | ||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ||
| Tuberculosis : Pulmonary | 18 | |
| Other kinds | 28 | |
| Chicken-pox | 23 | |
| Whooping Cough | ||
| Measles | 12 | |
| German Measles | 6 | |
| Other Diseases | 32 | |
| 163 | 5 |
NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS (SURVEILLANCE) DURING 1917.
| Plague :—Passengers | 36 |
| Crew | 216 |
| Stevedores, &c. | 251 |
| Total | 503 |
| Number of Notifications received from Practitioners | 57 |