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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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A .PPENDIX XX.— Miscellaneous Diseases (Classified).
| Landed from Vessels. | Died, Landed elsewhere or Well on arrival. | Landed from Vessels. | Died, Landed elsewhere or Well on arrival. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. | DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIV] | E SYSTEM. | |||
| Dengue Fever | 1 P. 1 c | Abdomen, Sub-acute | 1 C. | _ | |
| Whooping Cough | - | 4 P. | Abdominal Pain | 1 C. | — |
| Appendicitis | 3 P. 5 C. | — | |||
| CATARRHAL DISEASES. | Biliary Colic | — | 1 C. | ||
| Carcinoma of Rectum | — | 1 P. (Died) | |||
| Febrile Cold | 1 p. | - | Carcinoma of Stomach | 1 P. (Died) | |
| Catarrh | 1 c. | — | Catarrhal Jaundice | - | 1 c. |
| Catarrhal Cold | — | 1 P. | Cholecystitis | 1 C. | — |
| Sore Throat | 1 Boy | Colitis | 1 c. | - | |
| Tonsillitis | 17 P. 44 C. 3 Boys | . 2 C. | Constipation | 1 C. | 1 P. 2 C. |
| Diarrhœa | 1 C. | 11 C. | |||
| Ulcerated Tonsil | 1 C. | Enteritis Gastritis | 1 c. 2 C. | 11 c. 2 C. | |
| SEPTIC CONDITIONS. | Gastro Enteritis | 2 P. 19 ( | 1 1 P. 2 C. | ||
| Helmenthic Infection | 1 C. | — | |||
| . | Hepatitis | 1 P. 1C | — | ||
| Cellulitis | 1 P. 1C | 1 P. 1 C. | Perforated Gastric Ulcer | — | 2 C. (Died) |
| Cerebral Abscess | 1 P. | Peritonitis | — | 1 C. (Died) | |
| Inguinal Adenitis | 1 C. | - | Salmonella Food Poison | ||
| Rectal Abscess. | 1 P. | - | ing | — | 4 P. |
| Septicaemia | 1 c. | — | Taenia | 2 C. | — |
| NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISORDERS. | Ventral Hernia | 2 C. | — | ||
| DISEASES OF THE GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM | |||||
| Cerebral Tumour | _ | 1 P. (Diec) | |||
| Dementia Praecox | 1 c. | — | Cystitis ... | 1 C. | |
| Insanity | 4 P. | — | Nephritis, Chronic | — | 1 P. (Died) |
| DISEASES OF THE SKIN. | Orchitis | 1 C. | — | ||
| Pyo-Nephrosis. | — | 1 C. (Died) | |||
| Renol Colic | 1 c. | — | |||
| Bullows Impetigo | 2 C. | - | Uraemia | — | 1 P. (Died) |
| Dermatitis | 1 C. | — | Urinary Obstruction | — | 1 C. |
| Eczema | 2 C. | — | INJURIES. | ||
| Erythema | 2 Boys | — | |||
| Exfoliative Dermatitis | 1 C. | — | |||
| Healed Granulomata | 1 P. | — | Injury | 2 P. 15 C. | |
| Herpes of Face | 1 C. | 1 C. | |||
| Bash | 1 P. | — | Diseases of the eye and ear. | ||
| Scabies | 2 C. | — | |||
| 1 Staff | Otitis Media | 1 Boy | |||
| Urticaria | 1 C. | 1 P. | Trachoma | 4 C. | 1 P. 1 C. |
| DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM | DISEASES OF THE MUSCULATURE, BONES AND JOINTS. | ||||
| Heart Failure | 2 P. | (Died) 15 P. 16 C (Died) | Arthritis | 1 C. | - |
| Fibrostitis | - | 1 C. | |||
| Angina Pectoris | — | 1 P. (Died | Myalgia, | - | 1 C. |
| Apoplexy | — | 1 P. (Died | |||
| Arterio Sclerosis | 1 C. | _ | Periostitis | 1 P . | - |
| Cardiac Debility | 1 c. | - | Bheumatism, .Acute | 1 C. | - |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | — | 2 P. (Died | Tumour on right arm | 1 C. | - |
| 1 C. (Died | OTHER DISEASES (not classified). | ||||
| Coronary Thrombosis | — | 1 P. (Died | |||
| 2 C. (Died | |||||
| Haemorrhoids | 1C. | - | Abortion | 1 P. | - |
| Myocarditis | 1 P. (Died | Alcoholism | 1 c. | ||
| Myocardial Degeneration | — | 2 P. (Died | Beri Beri | 1 C. | - |
| Pernicious Anaemia | 1 P. | - | Cachexia | - | 1 P. (Died) |
| DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | 1 C. (Died) | ||||
| Carcinoma | 2 C. | - | |||
| Cerebral Tumour | 1 P. | 1 P. | |||
| Asthma | 1 C. | - | Heat Hyperpyrexia | - | 1 C. (Died) |
| Bronchial Catarrh | 1 c. | - | Heat Stroke | - | l C. (Died) |
| Bronchitis | 4 C. | 1 P. | Leech Bites | 1 C. | - |
| Haemoptysis | 1 C. | - | Marasmus | - | 2 P. (Died) |
| Silicosis | 1 C. | - | Pyrexia | 5 P. 13 C. | . 2 P. 9 C. |