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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX II.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| DISEASE. | 1533 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1539 | 1940 | 1941 | MEAN ANNUAL NO. FOR 10 YEARS ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1942. | 1942. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) CASES REPORTED: | |||||||||||
| Cholera (Including suspected cases) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | - |
| Yellow fever (ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (Ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sma11 pox | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 | 1. |
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 8.8 | 2. |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 8.6 | 5. |
| Enteric Fever | 29 | 23 | 16 | 29 | 28 | 36 | 16 | 7 | I | 18.6 | 1. |
| Measles | 26 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 57 | 10 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 27.8 | 1. |
| German Measles | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 11.0 | 2. |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis - | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 148 | 114 | 133 | 120 | 94 | 75 | 83 | 19 | 4 | 79.5 | 5. |
| Other Kinds | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1.7 | - |
| Other Diseases (including Chicken Pox) | 460 | 516 | 647 | 543 | 508 | 540 | 388 | 178 | 88 | 404.7 | 179. |
| Total | 701 | 738 | 867 | 749 | 707 | 762 | 593 | 239 | 114 | 566.6 | 196. |
| (6) ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. | |||||||||||
| Cholera (including suspected cases) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yellow Fever (Ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (Ditto) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smal1 pox | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | 2x | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | - | - | - | 4.1 | 2. |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 148 | 1 | 5 | 4 | - | 9 | 4. 5 | 5. |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | - | 6.1 | 1. |
| Measles | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 28/- | 7/- | 3 | - | 10.6 | 1. |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0.4 | - |
| Parotitis | 4 | 4 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | - | - | 2.9 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 0.2 | - |
| Other Diseases (including Chicken Pox) | 22 | 21 | 26 | 36 | 65 | I33xx | 79 | 52 | 26 | 47.5 | 15. |
| Total | 53 | 56 | 52 | 66 | 115 | 199 | 107 | 57 | 37 | 76.7 | 24. |
| X Includas one contact xx Includes three contacts / Incfudes six contacts. | |||||||||||