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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 1934
[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, 1934.
(a) G ravesend.
| Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Medically Inspected | 140 | 128 | 166 | 183 | 153 | 152 | 183 | 154 | 150 | 154 | 155 | 159 | 1,877 | |||||
| No. of Passengers | 1,601 | 1,690 | 1,880 | 3,054 | 3,534 | 4,166 | 3,160 | 3,258 | 2,554 | 1.639 | 806 | 1,448 | 28,790 | |||||
| No. of Crews | 5,520 | 4,881 | 6,871 | 7,288 | 5,245 | 5,799 | 6,318 | 5,322 | 5,263 | 5,916 | 6,613 | 6,537 | 71,573 | |||||
| No. of Foreign Arrivals | 961 | 935 | 1,035 | 1,058 | 1,220 | 1,343 | 1,377 | 1,246 | 1,126 : | 1,108 | 1,092 | 1.032 | 13,533 | |||||
| Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | ||||||
| No. Medically Inspected | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 188 | |||||
| No. of Passengers | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| No. of Crews | 226 | 184 | 156 | 205 | 342 | 434 | 377 | 568 | 318 | 479 | 293 | 328 | 3,910 | |||||
| No. of Foreign Arrivals | 52 | 45 | 52 | 48 | 68 | 50 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 71 | 72 | 63 | 702 | |||||
APPENDIX II. Infectious Disease.
| disease. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | 1933. | Mean Annual No. for 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1934. | 1934. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cases Reported : | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | — | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 4.4 | — |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .2 | — |
| Plague (ditto) | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | .7 | — |
| Small.pox | 27 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 14.5 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 14.8 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 23 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 13.4 | 13 |
| Enteric Fever | 49 | 50 | 36 | 72 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37.6 | 23 |
| Measles | 77 | 94 | 21 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 11 | 25 | 26 | 43.7 | 38 |
| German Measles | 14 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 14.0 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | •— | — | — | — | — | |
| Continued Fever | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | .9 | — |
| Eelapsing Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | .1 | — |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 82 | 86 | 82 | 86 | 126 | 116 | 147 | 135 | 148 | 112.2 | 114 |
| Other kinds | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.7 | 9 |
| Other diseases (including Chicken. Pox) | 363 | 471 | 667 | 499 | 653 | 904 | 1,118 | 791 | 460 | 644.2 | 516 |
| Total | 673 | 787 | 866 | 824 | 946 | 1,158 | 1,346 | 1,041 | 701 | 908.0 | 738 |
| (b) Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital : | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (ditto) | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| Small.pox | 3 | 5 | 3* | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 8 | 5* | 5 | 7 | 12* | — | 4 | 15 | 7.2 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3.8 | 2 |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9.7 | 11 |
| Measles | 7 | 9 | 7† | 11 | ‡18 | **12 | — | 1 | 2 | 6.7 | 13 |
| Erysipelas | — | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | — | .4 | — | |
| Parotitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2.7 | 4 |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - |
| Other diseases (including Chicken. | |||||||||||
| pox) | 39 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 30 | *19 | *23 | 33 | 22 | 23.8 | 21 |
| Total | 75 | 63 | 47 | 75 | 87 | 56 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 55.8 | 56 |
* Includes one contact. ** Includes three contacts. t Includes two contacts. % Includes six contacts.