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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 1937
[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, 1937.
(a) Gravesend.
| Jan. | Feb. | March | a pril | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Medically Inspected | 199 | 189 | 232 | 199 | 229 | 191 | 194 | 207 | 175 | 210 | 170 | 189 | 2.384 | |||||||||||||
| No. of Passengers | 1,640 | 1,201 | 1,631 | 2,009 | 3,373 | 3,433 | 4,436 | 3,528 | 3,798 | 2,350 | 1,815 | 1.705 | 30,919 | |||||||||||||
| No. of Crews | 7,244 | 7,116 | 8,136 | 6,572 | 7.186 | 6,344 | 6,435 | 6,674 | 4,939 | 7.745 | 6,342 | 7,162 | 81,895 | |||||||||||||
| No. of Foreign Arrivals | 1,013 | 949 | 1,139 | 1,097 | 1,195 | 1,220 | 1,237 | 1,255 | 1,193 | 1,200 | 1,112 | 1,112 | 13,722 | |||||||||||||
| (b) Sheerness. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
| No. Medically Inspected | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 231 | |||||||||||||
| No. of Passengers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| No. of Crews | 208 | 295 | 306 | 303 | 239 | 538 | 666 | 631 | 375 | 499 | 454 | 615 | 5,129 | |||||||||||||
| No. of Foreign Arrivals | 46 | 50 | 55 | 62 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 85 | 77 | 77 | 81 | 76 | 821 | |||||||||||||
APPENDIX II. Infectious Disease.
| disease. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | Mean Annual No. for 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1937. | 1937. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cases Reported: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | - | — | — | 1.2 | — |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (ditto) | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | — |
| Small-pox | 8 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 9.7 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12.8 | 6 |
| Diphtheria | 13 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 10.9 | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | 72 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 29 | 31.4 | 28 |
| Measles | 47 | 48 | 50 | 11 | 25 | 26 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 35.9 | 57 |
| German Measles | 65 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13.2 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.3 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 0.2 | 1 |
| Continued Fever | 2 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | — |
| Relapsing Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | — |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 86 | 126 | 116 | 147 | 135 | 148 | 114 | 133 | 120 | 121.9 | 94 |
| Other kinds | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 3.6 | 2 |
| Other diseases (including Chicken-Pox) | 499 | 653 | 904 | 1,118 | 791 | 460 | 516 | 647 | 543 | 663.9 | 508 |
| Total | 824 | 946 | 1,158 | 1,346 | 1,041 | 701 | 738 | 867 | 749 | 907.7 | 707 |
| (b) Treated in Port Sanitary Hospital: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| bellow Fever (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | - | - |
| Plague (ditto) | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | - | - |
| Small-pox | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | - | — | - | 0.4 | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2* | - | 0.2 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 7 | 12* | - | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5.3 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14* | 4.4 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10.4 | 7 |
| Measles | 11 | 18‡ | **12 | — | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 10.9 | 37 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | 1 |
| Parotitis | - | - | - | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5* | 1 | 3.9 | 2 |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other diseases (including Chicken- | |||||||||||
| Pox) | 29 | 30 | 19* | 23* | 33 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 36 | 30.4 | 65 |
| Total | 75 | 87 | 56 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 52 | 66 | 66.2 | 115 |
| * Includes one contact. | **Includes three contacts. | † Includes two contacts. | ‡ Includes six contacts. | ||||||||