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City of London 1932

[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 1932, 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-pox2Brought forward86
Scarlet Fever8Continued Fever
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)7Dysentery3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Paratyphoid)11Erysipelas2
Tuberculosis—
Pneumonia8Respiratory952
CholeraOther kinds3
PlagueMalaria12
Puerperal FeverChicken-pox20
Puerperal PyrexiaMeasles (including German Measles)11
Acute Poliomyelitis
Acute PolioencephalitisWhooping Cough2
Encephalitis LethargicaOther Diseases121
Typhus Fever
Relapsing Fever
Total1963
Carried forward36

APPENDIX IV.—C holera.

Date. 1932.Name of Vessel.Where from.No. of Cases.Passenger or Crew Rating.How dealt with.
(a) Landed from Vessels—Nil.
(b) Died, Landed elsewhere or well on Arrival—
Oct. 13ss. "Patroclus"Dairen3CrewLanded at Kobe.
Total3(Crew)

APPENDIX V.—Small-pox.

Date. 1932.Name of Vessel.Where from.No. of CasesPassenger or Crew 3. Rating.How dealt with
(a) Landed from Vessels—
Sept. 14Sailing Barge " Blue Mermaid "Mistley, Essex1CrewAdmitted to London County Council Hospital.
Nov. 6ss. " Lorca "Basra1CrewAdmitted to London County Council South Wharf Hospital.
Total2(Crew)
(b) Died, Landed elsewhere or well on Arrival—
Jan. 20ss. "City of Perth"Dalny1CrewLanded at Dalny.
Feb. 21ss. "Merkara"Calcutta2CrewLanded at Aden.
Mar. 20ss. "Cheshire"Rangoon1CrewLanded at Rangoon.
„ 23ss. "Tainui"Wellington1Pass.Landed at Southampton.
June 3ss. "Comorin"Brisbane1CrewLanded at Marseilles.
Nov. 4ss. "Floristan"Basra1CrewLanded at Aden.
„ 22ss. "Jervis Bay". . Brisbane1Pass.Died. Buried at sea.
„ 29ss. "British Splendour"Abadan4Crew (10 Crew)1 Landed at Gibraltar.
3 Landed at Rouen.
Total12(2 Passengers)