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City of London 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX III.
Return of the number of cases of Infectious Disease notified to the Ministry of
Health during the year 1930, 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-pox | 1 | — | Brought forward | 70 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 25 | — | Continued Fever | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 8 | Dysentery | 21 | — | |
| — | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | ||
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Paratyphoid) | 19 | Erysipelas | 1 | — | |
| 1 | Tuberculosis— | ||||
| Pneumonia | 17 | 1 | Respiratory | 87 | 8 |
| Cholera | — | — | Other kinds | 3 | — |
| Plague | — | — | Malaria | 29 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | Chicken-pox Measles (including German | 12 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | |||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | Measles) | 29 | 1 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | — | — | Whooping Cough | 2 | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | Other Diseases | 11 | . |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | |||
| Relapsing Fever | Total | 265 | 11 | ||
| Carried forward | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
APPENDIX IV.—Cholera.
| Date. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official No. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | Passenger or Crew Rating. | How dealt with. |
| 1930. Aug. 29 | ss. " Director," Liverpool, 147362. | Calcutta | 1 | Crew | Landed at Calcutta. Recovered and returned to duty. |
APPENDIX V.—Small-pox.
| Date. 1930. | Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official No. | Where from. | No. of Cases. | Passenger or Crew Rating. | How dealt with. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 14 | ss. | Ranchi," Newcastle, 148130. | Bombay | 1 | Crew | Landed at Suez. |
| Mar. 7 | ss. | "Mantua," Greenock, 127544. | Yokohama | 2 | Passenger Crew | 1 landed at Singapore. 1 „ Suez. |
| „ 9 | ss. | "Margha," | Calcutta | 2 | ,, | 1 „ Madras. |
| Glasgow, 141867. | ,, | 1 ,, Aden. | ||||
| 21 | ss. | "Maloja," | Bombay | 1 | ,, | Landed at Suez. |
| Belfast, 145437. | ,, | |||||
| April 1 | ss. | "Glenamoy," Glasgow, 139826. | Dalny | 1 | ,, | ,. Colombo. |
| „ 14 | ss. | "Rancher," Liverpool, 149653. | Calcutta | 1 (?) | ,, | ,, Suez. |
| May 12 | ss. | "Comedian," Liverpool, 161119. | f) | 1 | ,, | ,, ,, |
| „ 19 | ss. | "Petrel," London, 145095. | Hamburg | 1 | ,, | Admitted to London County Council Hospital. |
| June 3 | ss. | "Clan Buchanan," Glasgow, 124232. | Bombay | 1 | ,, | Landed at Cochin. |
| (10 Crew) | ||||||
| Total 11 | (1Passenger) | |||||