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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 1932
[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, 1932.
(a) Gravesend.
| Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Medically Inspected | 149 | 117 | 145 | 164 | 107 | 130 | 122 | 124 | 104 | 125 | 123 | 127 | 1,537 |
| No. of Passengers | 2,515 | 1,658 | 2,153 | 2,726 | 1,484 | 3,012 | 1,700 | 2,076 | 1,639 | 1.675 | 1,061 | 923 | 22,622 |
| No. of Crews | 4,273 | 3,498 | 5,680 | 5,638 | 4,285 | 4,749 | 4,465 | 3,679 | 3,626 | 4,318 | 5,082 | 4,910 | 54,203 |
| No. of Foreign Arrivals | 967 | 1,126 | 851 | 894 | 930 | 991 | 946 | 960 | 916 | 978 | 930 | 935 | 11,424 |
(b) Sheerness.
| Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Medically Inspected | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 212 |
| No. of Passengers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No. of Crews | 343 | 286 | 233 | 313 | 321 | 334 | 510 | 445 | 383 | 311 | 274 | 264 | 4,017 |
| No. of Foreign Arrivals | 47 | 54 | 36 | 36 | 43 | 48 | 45 | 68 | 46 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 550 |
APPENDIX II. Infectious Disease.
| Disease. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | Mean Annual No. for 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1932. | 1932. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cases Reported : | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 3 | 1 | — | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Plague (ditto) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Small-pox | 12 | 17 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 14 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 12 | |
| Diphtheria | 29 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 10 | |
| Enteric Fever | 49 | 42 | 49 | 50 | 36 | 72 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 23 | |
| Measles | 82 | 46 | 77 | 94 | 21 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 11 | 25 | |
| German Measles | 19 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | 4 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Relapsing Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis :—- | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 83 | 90 | 82 | 86 | 82 | 86 | 126 | 116 | 147 | 135 | |
| Other kinds | 6 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox) | 336 | 319 | 363 | 471 | 667 | 499 | 653 | 904 | 1,118 | 791 | |
| Total | 637 | 578 | 673 | 787 | 866 | 824 | 946 | 1,158 | 1,346 | 1041 | |
| (b) Treated in Poet Sanitary Hospital : | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague (ditto) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Small-pox | 3 | — | 3 | 5 | 3* | — | 4 | — | — | — | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 6 | 16 | 8 | 5* | 5 | 7 | 12* | - | 4 | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 9 | |
| Measles | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7† | 11 | ‡18 | **22 | — | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Parotitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | |
| Continued Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | |
| Other diseases (including Chicken- pox) | 10 | 31 | 89 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 30 | *19 | *23 | 25.7 | 33 |
| Total | 29 | 60 | 75 | 63 | 47 | 75 | 87 | 56 | 49 | 53 | |
* Includes one contact. ** Includes three contacts. † Includes two contacts. ‡ Includes six contacts.