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City of London 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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TABLE II.—I nfectious D isease.

disease.1918.1919.1920.1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.1926.Mean Annual No. for 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1927.1927.
(a) Cases Reported:
Cholera (including suspected cases)—910—131—265.66
Yellow Fever (ditto)-—2—————24—
Plague (ditto)122068941316.4—
Small-pox1643279171217272020.214
Scarlet Fever841128116822612.117
Diphtheria23252120442923231323.413
Enteric Fever26775144294942495045.336
Measles25652513602082467794122.121
German Measles47128—19181479.45
Erysipelas—331—25252.32
Typhus Fever——111————.3—
Continued Fever2—14242_42.12
Eelapsing Fever19————2———2.1—
Tuberculosis:—
Pulmonary38516754448390828667.782
Other kinds2035224661128.91
Other diseases (including Chicken-Pox)2,5521,887766310348336319363471801.9667
Total2,9762,2131,4935495306375786737871,130.2866
(b) Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital:
Cholera (including suspected cases)-1-------.1-
Yellow Fever (ditto)—————------
Plague (ditto)121021*——---2.5-
Small-pox11310——3-353.83*
Scarlet Fever513132—61685.95*
Diphtheria—143311422.56
Enteric Fever74211139101361414.16
Measles2—356518798.07†
Erysipelas——1——21-2.6-
Typhus Fever———————----
Continued Fever6—13—2---1.2-
Other diseases (including Chicken-pox)2422139141031392320.520
Total57908048332960756358.247
*Includes one contact. † Icludes two contacts.

TABLE III.
Return of the number of cases of Infectious Disease notified to the Ministry of
Health during the year 1927, 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 which had either recovered or been removed from the vessel before arrival at Gravesend.

Number.Deaths.Number.Deaths.
Small-pox3—Brought forward525
Scarlet Fever10—Relapsing Fever--
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)10-Continued Fever2-
Trench Fever--
Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Paratyphoid)132Dysentery7-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum--
Pneumonia153Erysipelas4-
Cholera——Tuberculosis—--
Plague——Respiratory586
Puerperal Fever——Other kinds1-
Puerperal Pyrexia——Malaria9-
Acute Poliomyelitis——Chicken-pox15-
Acute Polioencephalitis——Measles (including German Measles)7-
Encephalitis Lethargica1—
Typhus Fever——Whooping Cough2-
Other diseases153_-
Carried forward525--
Total31011