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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 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Disease. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | Mean annual number for 10 years ending 31 sc December. 1918. | 1918. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cases repokted: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 19 | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4.7 | ... |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.4 | ... |
| Plague (ditto) | 4 | . 6 | ... | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ... | 18 | 6.1 | 12 |
| Small-pox | 27 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 19.0 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 18 | 5 | ... | 15.9 | 8 |
| Diphtheria | 11 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 16.0 | 23 |
| Enteric Fever | 36 | 39 | 70 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 64 | 61.1 | 43 | 53.2 | 26 |
| Measles | 19 | 23 | 175 | 61 | 64 | 228 | 337 | 836 | 168 | 216.7 | 256 |
| German Measles | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 10 | 8 | 33 | 6.2 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | ... | 4.0 | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 0.2 | ... |
| Continued Fever | 10 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5.6 | 2 |
| Relapsing Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.0 | 19 | |
| Tuberculosis :— | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | ... | ... | ... | 71 | 151 | 127 | 96 | 53 | 45 | 58.1 | 38 |
| Miners' Phthisis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23 | 4.2 | 19 |
| Other kinds ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 45 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 8.1 | 1 |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox). | 57 | 25 | 38 | 42 | 38 | 50 | 48 | 44 | 166 | 306.0 | 2,552 |
| Total | 189 | 144 | 350 | 343 | 447 | 575 | 666 | 1,059 | ' 515 | 726.4 | 2,976 |
| (b) Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.3 | ... |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague (ditto) | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 9 | 2.8 | 12 |
| Small-pox | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ... | 3.8 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | ... | 4.8 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 4 | 3 | ... | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2.1 | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | 17 | ' 22 | 35 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 34 | 15 | 21.7 | 7 |
| Measles | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 33 | ... | 3 | 11.0 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | ... | |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Continued Fever | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5.5 | 6 |
| Other diseases (including Chicken- pox). | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 |
| Total | 58 | 37 | 56 | 80 | 91 | 61 | 90 | 53 | 61 | 64.4 | 57 |