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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 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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9.
APPENDIX II.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
DISEASE 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Mean Annual No for
for 10 years
ending 31st
December, 1941. 1941

Table: (a) CASES REPORTED:

(a) CASES REPORTED:

Cholera (including suspected cases)3-----1--0.4-
Yellow Fever(ditto)-----------
Plague(ditto)-----------
Smallpox1441149-4315.11
Scarlet Fever122179106161339.81
Diphtheria10713516391349.111
Enteric Fever2329231629283616720.81
Measles2526384116574940930.21
German Measles224584625341713.05
Erysipelas2122224212.02
Typhus Fever---1-1---0.2-
Continued Fever-—---------
Relapsing Fever-----------
Tuberculosis:-
Pulmonary1351481141331209475831992.54
Other kinds4191-231-2.1-
Other diseases (Including Chicken pox)791460516647543508540388178465.988
TOTAL1,041701738867749707762593239651.1114

Table: (b) ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL.

(b) ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL.

Cholera (including suspected cases)-----------
Yellow Fever(ditto)-----------
Plague(ditto)-----------
Smallpox------2--0.2-
Typhus Fever---2x-----0.2-
Scarlet Fever415521214--4.3-
Dlphtherla442114x154-4.49
Enteric Fever961169712816.9-
Measles121310537287310.6-
Erysipelas-----11-0.42
Parotitis2445x1249-3.1-
Dysentery--------20.2-
Other Diseases (Including Chlcken-Pox)332221263665133xx795249.326
TOTAL53535652661151991075879.637

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x Includes one contact xx Includes three contacts /- Includes two contacts
≠ Includes six contacts