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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX I.
MEDICAL INSPECTION. From 1st January to 31st December, 1930.
| Jan. | Feb. | March | A pril | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Medically Inspected | 1ll | 111 | 119 | 115 | 124 | 147 | 139 | 171 | 166 | 146 | 138 | 107 | 1,594 |
| No. of Passengers | 3,297 | 2,832 | 4,986 | 8,257 | 6,370 | 8,913 | 11,837 | 17,166 | 4,251 | 4,661 | 2,870 | 3,111 | 78,551 |
| No. of Crews | 2,714 | 2,638 | 3,180 | 3,498 | 4,009 | 3,975 | 3,099 | 5,863 | 5,099 | 4,810 | 3,993 | 1,904 | 44,782 |
| No. of Foreign Arrivals | 1,150 | 1,103 | 1,202 | 1,147 | 1,284 | 1,386 | 1,350 | 1,325 | 1,212 | 1,244 | 1,185 | 1,116 | 14,705 |
(b) Shbernbss.
| Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Medically Inspected | 17 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 222 |
| No. of Passengers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. of Crews | 374 | 377 | 241 | 283 | 574 | 432 | 568 | 406 | 362 | 450 | 395 | 178 | 4,640 |
| No. of Foreign Arrivals | 45 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 52 | 44 | 55 | 42 | 47 | 50 | 41 | 30 | 531 |
APPENDIX II.
Infectious D isease.
| disease. | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | Mean Annual No. for l0 years ending 31st Dec.. 1930. | 1930. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cases Reported: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4.5 | 1 |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | .2 | - |
| Plague (ditto) | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2.9 | - |
| Small-pox | 9 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 15.7 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 28 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 15.4 | 29 |
| Diphtheria | 20 | 44 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 20.4 | 9 |
| Enteric Fever | 44 | 29 | 49 | 42 | 49 | 50 | 36 | 72 | 46 | 44.2 | 25 |
| Measles | 60 | 20 | 82 | 46 | 77 | 94 | 21 | 47 | 48 | 54.5 | 50 |
| German Measles | 8 | — | 19 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 9 | 15.1 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2.7 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | 1 | .2 | - | |||||||
| Continued Fever | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 2.1 | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | .3 | — |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 54 | 44 | 83 | 90 | 82 | 86 | 82 | 86 | 126 | 84.9 | 116 |
| Other kinds | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4.7 | 4 |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox) | 310 | 348 | 336 | 319 | 363 | 471 | 667 | 499 | 653 | 487.0 | 904 |
| Total | 549 | 530 | 637 | 578 | 673 | 787 | 866 | 824 | 946 | 754.8 | 1158 |
(b) Treated in Poet Sanitary
| Hospital: | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (ditto) | 1* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .1 | - |
| Small-pox | - | - | 3 | — | 3 | 5 | 3* | — | 4 | 1.8 | . |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 2 | - | 6 | 16 | 8 | 5* | 5 | 7 | 7.4 | *12 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3.7 | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | 13 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 12.3 | 9 |
| Measles | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7† | 11 | ‡18 | 8.4 | **12 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | .7 | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .5 | - |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox) | 9 | 14 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 30 | 22.4 | *19 |
| Total | 48 | 33 | 29 | 60 | 75 | 63 | 47 | 75 | 87 | 57.3 | 56 |
| * Includes one contact. ** | Includes three contacts. | † Includes two contacts. | ‡ Includes six contacts. | ||||||||