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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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11.
APPENDIX I.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| DISEASE. | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | I934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | Mean Annual No. for 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1939. | 1939 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) CASES REPORTED: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | I | l | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | l | 0.6 | - |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sma11pox | 11 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | - | 4 | 7.4 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 29 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 13.0 | 13 |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 10.1 | 13 |
| Enteric Fever | 25 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 29 | 28 | 36 | 24. 8 | 16 |
| Measles | 50 | 11 | 25 | 26 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 57 | 49 | 35.3 | 40 |
| German Measles | 6 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 11.7 | 34 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.1 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 0.2 | - |
| Continued Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | - |
| Relapslng Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis:- | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 116 | 147 | 135 | 148 | 114 | 133 | 120 | 94 | 75 | 116.5 | 83 |
| Other kinds | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | l | - | 2 | 3 | 2.9 | 1 |
| Other diseases (Including Chickenpox) | 904 | 1,118 | 791 | 46o | 516 | 647 | 543 | 508 | 540 | 661.5 | 388 |
| TOTAL | 1,158 | I,346 | 1,041 | 701 | 738 | 867 | 749 | 707 | 762 | 866.2 | 593 |
(b) TREATED IN PORT SANITARY HOSPITAL
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | — | - | . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sma11 pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.2 | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 2X | - | - | - | 0.2 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 12* | - | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5.5 | - |
| Diphtheria | 3 | I | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14x | 1 | 5 | 3,9 | 4 |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8.1 | 8 |
| Measles | XX12 | - | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 11.5 | 7/- |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | - |
| Parotitis | - | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5x | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5.2 | 9 |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other diseases (Including Chlekenpox) | 19x | 23x | 33 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 36 | 65 | 133XX | 45.7 | •79 |
| TOTAL | 56 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 52 | 66 | 115 | 199 | 80.6 | 107 |
x Includes one contact xx Includes three contacts f Includes two contacts
i Includes six contacts