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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 1945

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

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Table:

DISEASENUMBER OF CASES DURING THE YEAR
Smallpox—
Scarlet Fever4
Diphtheria4
Enteric Fever3
Measles4
German Measles—
Scabies—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis14
Tuberculosis (other kinds)-
Pneumonia5
Influenza—
Dysentery1
Malaria17
Chickenpox14
Mumps1
Poliomyelitis1
Pyrexia1
Ringworm5
74

Table: TABLE D.CASES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OCCURRING ON VESSELS DURING THE VOYAGE BUT DISPOSED OF PRIOR TO ARRIVAL.

TABLE D.

CASES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OCCURRING ON VESSELS DURING THE VOYAGE BUT DISPOSED OF PRIOR TO ARRIVAL.

DISEASENUMBER OF CASES DURING THE YEAR
Typhus1
Smallpox-
Scarlet Fever1
Diphtheria1
Enteric Fever1
Measles4
German Measles2
Scabies1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis-
Tuberculosis (other kinds)-
Pneumonia-
Influenza1
Dysentery-
Malaria47
Chickenpox16
Mumps3
78

Table: RATS DESTROYED DURING 1945

RATS DESTROYED DURING 1945

(1) ON VESSELS.
(a)(b)(c)
No. of Rats destroyed.No. of Rats examined.No. of Rats found to be infected with Plagu
7,522791.Nil.

Table: (2) IN DOCKS. QUAYS. WHARVES AND WAREHOUSES.

(2) IN DOCKS. QUAYS. WHARVES AND WAREHOUSES.

(a)(b)(c)
No. of Rats destroyed.No. of Rats examined.No. of Rats found to be infected with Plag
3,210239Nil.