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City of London 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Disease. | 1912. | 1913. | 1911. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | 1920. | Mean annual number for 10 years ending 31st December, 1921. | 1921. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cases reported Cholera (including suspected cases) | 2 | 19 | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | 9 | 10 | ... | |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ||
| Plague (ditto) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ... | 18 | 12 | 20 | 8 | ||
| Small-pox | 34 | 19 | 9 | 47 | 15 | ... | 16 | 43 | 27 | 9 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 40 | 30 | 18 | 5 | ... | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | |
| Diphtheria | 37 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 20 | |
| Enteric Fever | 61 | 65 | 67 | 64 | 61 | 43 | 26 | 77 | 51 | 44 | |
| Measles | 61 | 64 | 228 | 337 | 836 | 168 | 256 | 52 | 513 | 60 | |
| German Measles | 3 | 4 | ... | 10 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Typhus Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Continued Fever | 9 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 | |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | .... . . | 19 | ... | . . . | ... | |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 71 | 151 | 127 | 96 | 53 | 45 | 38 | 51 | 67 | 54 | |
| Other kinds (including Miners' Phthisis). | ... | 7 | 45 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 35 | 2 | 2 | |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox). | 42 | 38 | 50 | 48 | 44 | 166 | 2,552 | 1,887 | 766 | 310 | |
| Total | 343 | 447 | 575 | 666 | 1,059 | 515 | 2,976 | 2,213 | 1,493 | 549 | |
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague (ditto) | 1 | 2 | 1 | . . . | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Small-pox | 2 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ... | 1 | 13 | 10 | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | ... | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 35 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 42 | 11 | 13 | |
| Measles | 27 | 18 | 9 | 33 | 2 | . . . | 35 | 6 | |||
| Erysipelas | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | . . | . . | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | . . . | 1 | 3 | ||
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox). | 7 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 9 | |
| Total | 80 | 91 | 61 | 90 | 53 | 61 | 57 | 90 | 80 | 48 | |
TABLE III.
Return of the number of cases of Infectious Disease notified to the Ministry of Health during the year 1921, 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 23 | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 17 | ... |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Paratyphoid) | 14 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 1 |
| Cholera | ... | |
| Plague | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | |
| Cerebro- spinal Fever | ... | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | ... | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | |
| Typhus Fever | ... | |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | |
| Continued Fever | 6 | ... |
| Trench Fever | ... | |
| Dyseutery | 4 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | |
| Erysipelas | ... | |
| Tuberculosis: Pulmonary | 36 | ... |
| Other kinds | 1 | ... |
| Malaria | 40 | ... |
| Chicken-pox | 5 | ... |
| Measles | 10 | ... |
| Whooping Cough | ... | |
| Other Diseases | 14 | ... |
| 186 |
* Plague negative. (See " City of Milan," page 10.)