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Port of London 1946

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

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Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASE (contd)

INFECTIOUS DISEASE (contd)

Disease193719381939194019411942194319441945Mean Annual No. For 10 Years Ending 31st December 19461946
ADMITTCO TO HOSPITAL
Cholera (Including Suspected Cases.---—--—---—
Yellow Fever -do-----————---
Plague -do----———————-
Small Pox-2----—--0.2—
Typhus Fever-----------
Scarlet Fever214---25443.32
Diphtheria154-95245427
Enteric Fever71281-1--33.2—
Measles372873-1—148.76
Erysipelas.11-—2----0.4-
Parotitis249---2312.65
Dysentery-——2-———11.18
Other Disease(Including Chicken Pox)6513379522615l6345o51.343
Total11519910758372425466875.071

Table: APPENDIX III.BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF RATS DURING 1946.

APPENDIX III.

BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF RATS DURING 1946.

Source.Total Examinedblack ratsBrown RatsSpecies UnknownMiceRats Infected With Plague.
found Dead.trapped Poisoned Etc.Found Dead.Trapped Poisoned EtcFound Dead.Trapped Poisoned EtcFound Dead.Trapped Poisoned Etc
Vessels.1,059692367-———--Nil
London Dock .8644.5136----Nil
St Katharine Dr.1583-4----Nil
Regent's Canal Dr.Surrey9-2-1----Nil
CommercialDr.4—--4----Nil
west india dr.5323768-—--Nil
s.West Inpia Dr.3051177----Nil
east india Dock.14-9-5----Nil
RovalVictoria Dr.1041462523---__Nil
Royal Albert Dr.792221936----Nil
king George V. Dr.1249481057----Nil
TilburyDock.10-352----Nil
Millwall dock.391120-8----Nil
1,62674763553191——--Nil

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