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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Disease. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1911. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | Mean annual number for 10 years ending 31st December, 1919. | 1919. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cases reported: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 5 | 9 | 2 | 19 | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | 9 | |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague (ditto) | 6 | ... | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ... | 18 | 12 | 20 | |
| Small-pox | 8 | 13 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 43 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 18 | 5 | ... | 8 | 4 | |
| Diphtheria ... | 11 | 18 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 25 | |
| EntericFever | 39 | 70 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 64 | 61 | 43 | 26 | 77 | |
| Measles | 23 | 175 | 61 | 64 | 228 | 337 | 836 | 168 | 256 | 52 | |
| German Measles | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 10 | 8 | 33 | 4 | 7 | |
| Erysipelas ... | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Continued Fever | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ... | |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ... | |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | ... | ... | 71 | 151 | 127 | 96 | 53 | 45 | 38 | 51 | |
| Other kinds (including Miners' Phthisis). | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 45 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 35 | |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox). | 25 | 38 | 42 | 38 | 50 | 48 | 44 | 166 | 2,552 | 1,887 | |
| Total | 144 | 350 | 343 | 447 | 575 | 666 | 1,059 | 515 2 | ,976 | 2,213 | |
| (6) Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague (ditto) | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 9 | 12 | 10 | |
| Small-pox | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ... | 1 | 13 | |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | ... | 5 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 3 | ... | 7 | 1 | 3 | I | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever | 17 | 22 | 35 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 42 | |
| Measles | 2 | 7 | 27 | 18 | 9 | ... | 4 | 3 | 2 | ... | |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Continued Fever | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ... | |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox). | 7 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 22 | |
| Total | 37 | 56 | 80 | 91 | 61 | 90 | 53 | 61 | 57 | 90 | |
TABLE III.
Return of the number of cases of Infectious Disease notified to the Ministry of Health during the year 1919, and of Deaths from the diseases notified.
This Table includes all cases actually introduced or occurring within the Port, but does not include cases reported as having occurred on vessels during the voyage, but which had either recovered or been removed from the vessel before arrival at Gravesend.
| Notified. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| Plague (including suspected) | 8 | 3 |
| Small-pox | 12 | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 27 | ... |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 55 | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... |
| Cholera | 1 | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... |
| Cerebro spinal Fever | 2 | ... |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 2 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis : Pulmonary | 40 | ... |
| Other kinds | 32 | ... |
| Chicken-pox | 15 | ... |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... |
| Measles | 6 | ... |
| German Measles | 1 | ... |
| Other Diseases | 184 | ... |