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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX III.
HOSPITAL.
Number of Gases Admitted 1947.
(Hospital re-opened 18th August 1947.
| Disease. | Admitted | Discharged | Transferred to other Hospitals | Died | Remaining in Hospital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickenpox | 6 | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| Diphtheria* | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | 4 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | — | - | — |
| Measles | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| -do- Contacts | 4 | 4 | - | — | — |
| Mumps | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever* | 1 1 | 10 | — | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | - | - | — |
| -do- Contacts | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
| Other Diseases* | 16 | 11 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 51 | 39 | 5 | - | 7 |
| (*Includes 2 Diphtheria, 2 Scarlet Fever and 1 Erysipelas admitted from local Boroughs). | |||||
| Remaining in Hospital on 31st December 1947 | 7 | ||||
| Total number of days treatment (from re-opening on 18.8.47) | 404 | ||||
| Average number of days treatment for each case | 7.9 | ||||
| Average daily number of patients in Hospital | 3 | ||||
APPENDIX IV.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF RATS DURING 1947.
| Source | Total Examined. | Black Rats | Brown Rats | Species Unknown | Mice. | Rats Infected With Plague. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found dead | Traped Poisoned Etc. | Found dead | Traped Poisoned Etc. | Found dead | Traped Poisoned Etc. | Found dead | Traped Poisoned Etc. | |||
| Vesscls | 760 | 418 | 338 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| London Dock | 98 | 5 | 80 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| St Katharine | 7 | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Regent's Canal | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | Nil | |
| Surrey Commercial | 7 | • | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| West India | 14 | - | 13 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| South West India | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Millwall | 8 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | ~ | - | Nil |
| East India | 8 | - | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Royal Victoria | 19 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Royal Albert | 53 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 20 | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Ktis<s George V. | 35 | - | 10 | 7 | 16 | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Tilbury | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| 1..9 | 432 | 475 | 39 | 63 | - | - | - | - | Nil | |
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