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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Miscellaneous Diseases (Classified)—continued.
| Landed from Vessels. | Died, Landed elsewhere or Well on arrival. | Landed from Vessels. | Died, Landed elsewhere or Well on arrival. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISEASES OF THE GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM | DISEASES OF THE EYE. | ||||
| Conjunctivitis | 1 c. | — | |||
| Trachoma | 1 c. | — | |||
| Paget's Disease of Nipple | 1 P. | — | DISEASES OF BONES AND JOINTS. | ||
| Parametritis | — | 1 P. | |||
| Pyelitis and Uraemia | 1 c. | — | Arthritis Post Dysenteric | — | 1 c. |
| Retention of Urine | 1 c. | — | OTHER DISEASES (not classified). | ||
| Uraemia | — | 1 P. | |||
| Diabetes | — | 1 p. | |||
| INJURIES. | Exophthalmic Goitre | — | 1 p. | ||
| Heat Stroke | — | 1 C., 1 P. | |||
| Lumbago | — | 1 c. | |||
| Injury | 1 C. | 4 C. | Pyrexia | 1P., 6 | C. 4 C. |
APPENDIX XVIII.—Venereal Diseases.
| Number of Crew. | Cases report Passengers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Syphilis | 62 | 11 |
| Gonorrhoea | 259 | 26 |
| Soft Sore | 53 | 5 |
| Climatic Bubo | 13 | 3 |
| 387 | 45 | |
| Total | 432 |
APPENDIX XIX.—Hospital.
Number of Cases Admitted, Cost of Maintenance, &c.
| Patients remaining in Hospital on 31st December, 1935 | 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admitted. | Discharged. | Died. | Remaining under treatment | |
| Chicken-pox | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 15 | 14 | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Measles | 7 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Mumps | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Typhus Fever (suspected) | — | — | — | — |
| „ „ (contact) | — | — | — | — |
| Other Diseases | 18 | 17 | 1 | — |
| Total | 66 | 61 | 4 | 2 |
| Remaining in Hospital on 31st December, 1936 | … | … | … | 2 |
| Total number of days' treatment during the year | … | … | … | 983 |
| Average number of days' treatment for each case | … | … | … | 14.6 |
| Average daily number of patients in Hospital | … | … | … | 1.8 |
| Average daily cost of maintenance per patient | … | … | … | 1s. 7½d. |
| Average total cost of maintenance per patient | … | … | … | £1 3s. 10d. |