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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXVIII.
Vessels and Premises Disinfected from 1st January to 31st December, 1926.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Fumigation for Rats, etc. | Rat Precautions. Vessels kept under observation. U.S.A. requirements. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubercular Meningitis. | Erysipelas. | Continued Fever | Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | Mumps. | Dysentery. | Whooping Cough. | Chickenpox. | Cholera. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Plague (suspect) | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Smallpox. | Pulm. Tuberc. | Influenza and Pneumonia | ||||
| January | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | l | - | - | 4 | - | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| February | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | l | l | 5 | l | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| March | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | l | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| April | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 40 | ||
| May | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| June | - | - | - | - | l | - | 3 | - | l | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 26 | |
| July | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | l | - | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| August | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| September | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | l | - | 1 | - | 21 | 4 | 32 |
| October | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 29 |
| November | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| December | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 35 |
| Totals | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 30 | l | 26 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 12 | 135 | 44 | 346 |
TABLE XXIX.
Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1926.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Hospital Bedding, &c. | Total. | No. of times disinfector was used. | Fumigated in cabin of Vessel. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickenpox. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Measles. | Pulm. Tuberc. | Plague (suspect). | Smallpox. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Influenza. | |||||
| January | - | - | - | 4 | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| February | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| March | l | - | - | - | l | - | - | l | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| April | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| May | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 9 | 15 | 2 | |
| June | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| July | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| August | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| September | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | l | - | - | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| October | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| November | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| December | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 57 | 61 | 28 |