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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 1933
[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, 1933.
| Jan. | Feb. | March | A pril | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Medically Inspected | 132 | 98 | 109 | 121 | 143 | 121 | 157 | 151 | 122 | 138 | 162 | 146 | 1,600 | |
| No. of Passengers | 1,025 | 791 | 1,731 | 1,391 | 1,490 | 3,347 | 3,132 | 2,478 | 2,154 | 2,065 | 1,177 | 936 | 21,717 | |
| No. of Crews | 4,770 | 4,724 | 5,090 | 5,267 | 5,471 | 4,657 | 5,078 | 5,635 | 4,287 | 4,985 | 6,483 | 6,168 | 62,615 | |
| No. of Foreign Arrivals | 897 | 767 | 897 | 885 | 1,011 | 1,044 | 1,205 | 1,237 | 1,180 | 1,175 | 1,148 | 994 | 12,440 | |
| Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | ||
| No. Medically Inspected | 10 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 184 | |
| No. of Passengers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| No. of Crews | 195 | 126 | 198 | 227 | 302 | 445 | 355 | 419 | 334 | 399 | 412 | 275 | 3,687 | |
| No. of Foreign Arrivals | 35 | 37 | 46 | 43 | 56 | 59 | 61 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 62 | 54 | 622 | |
APPENDIX II.
Infectious Disease.
| Disease. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | Mean Annual No. for 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1933. | 1933. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cases Reported: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 1 | — | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | - | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | |
| Plague (ditto) | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Small-pox | 17 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 4 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |
| Diphtheria | 23 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 7 | |
| Enteric Fever | 42 | 49 | 50 | 36 | 72 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 29 | |
| Measles | 46 | 77 | 94 | 21 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 11 | 25 | 26 | |
| German Measles | 18 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 4 | |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Typhus Fever | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | — | - | - | |
| Relapsing Fever | — | - | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 90 | 82 | 86 | 82 | 86 | 126 | 116 | 147 | 135 | 148 | |
| Other kinds | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox) | 319 | 363 | 471 | 667 | 499 | 653 | 904 | 1,118 | 791 | 624.5 | 460 |
| Total | 578 | 673 | 787 | 866 | 824 | 946 | 1,158 | 1,346 | 1,041 | 701 | |
| (b) Treated in Port Sanitary | |||||||||||
| Hospital: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Small-pox | — | 3 | 5 | 3* | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 16 | 8 | 5* | 5 | 7 | 12* | — | 4 | 15 | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Enteric Fever | 13 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | |
| Measles | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7† | 11 | ‡18 | **12 | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 2 | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Parotitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 21 | 2 | 4 | |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-pox) | 31 | 39 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 30 | *19 | *23 | 33 | 26.9 | 22 |
| Total | 60 | 75 | 63 | 47 | 75 | 87 | 56 | 49 | 53 | 53 | |
| * Includes one contact. ** Includes three contacts. | † Includes two contacts. | ‡ Includes six contacts. | |||||||||