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City of London 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXXIII.-Form D.
VESSELS (other than those dealt with in Form C), subjected to measures of Rat Destruction.
| Number of Vessels Fumigated by S02 | Number of Rats killed. | Number of Vessels Fumigated by HCN. | Number of Rats killed. | Number of Vessels on which trapping, poisoning, &c., were employed. | Number of Rats killed. | Number of Fumigation Certificates issued on Form "Port 10." | Number of other Certificates issued. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 981 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 37 | 9 |
TABLE XXXIV.-H ospital.
Number of Cases Admitted, Cost of Maintenance, &c.
| Patients remaining in Hospital on 31st December, 1922 | 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admitted. | Discharged. | Died. | Remaining under treatment. | |
| Smallpox | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | 11 | - | - |
| Continued Fever | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Chickenpox | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Malaria | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| Other Diseases | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| Total | 29 | 31 | - | - |
Remaining in Hospital on 31st December, 1923 Nil.
Total number of days' treatment during the year 574
Average number of days'treatment for each case 18.51
Average daily number of patients in Hospital .07
Average daily cost of maintenance per patient 2s. 4.45d.
Average total cost of maintenance per patient £2.18.4
HOSPITAL-Disinfecting Apparatus, Etc.
The existing plant for disinfecting and disinfesting at Denton has stood the
test of many years as to its sufficiency in dealing with shipping at Gravesend
where major infectious disease is naturally chiefly met with.
The approach by causeway from the river is somewhat difficult in the handling
of infected articles in quantity, but the case of any ship seriously infected in which
the present apparatus and approach though inconvenient have proved insufficient
has not occurred.
In the bathing of a number of persons-contacts-difficulty is met with; but the
bathing is in general only a subsidiary point enabling that the persons' clothing be
secured for disinfection. In the case of de-lousing, an effective lathering of the
body with kerosene soap being an important side of the procedure, some more
effective bathing arrangements would be desirable if large numbers of persons were
to be dealt with. No case for de-lousing, however, has been dealt with.