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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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11.
APPENDIX I. infectious disease
| disease. | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | Mean Annual No for, 10 years ending 31st Dec. 1940. | 1940 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) cases reported: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.5 | - | |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | 14 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | - | 4 | 3 | 6.4 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 10.4 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 16 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9.6 | 4 |
| Enteric Fever | 23 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 29 | 28 | 36 | 16 | 23.0 | 7 |
| Measles | ii | 25 | 26 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 57 | 49 | 40 | 31.2 | 9 |
| German Measles | 3 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 34 | 12.8 | 17 |
| Erysloelas | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 0.2 | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis:- | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 147 | 135 | 114.8 | 114 | 133 | 120 | % | 75 | 83 | 106.8 | 19 |
| Other kinds | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2.5 | - |
| Other diseases (including Chlckenpox) | 1,118 | 791 | 460 | 516 | 647 | 543 | 508 | 540 | 388 | 568.9 | 178 |
| TOTAL | 1,346 | 1,011 | 701 | 738 | 867 | 749 | 707 | 762 | 593 | 774.3 | 239 |
| (b) TREATED IN HOSPITAL. | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yellow Fever (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 0.2 | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | 2X | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | - | 4.3 | - |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14x | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3.6 | - |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 7.3 | 1 |
| Measles | - | l | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 7† | 10.6 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 0.2 | - |
| Parotitis | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5x | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5.2 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 2 |
| Other diseases (Including ChlckenPox) | 23x | 33 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 36 | 65 | 133xx | 79 | 49.0 | 52 |
| TOTAL | 49 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 52 | 66 | 115 | 199 | 107 | 80.8 | 58 |
x Includes one contact xx Includes three contacts † Includes two contacts
≠ Includes six contacts