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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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| Office | Name of Officer | Date of entering the service |
|---|---|---|
| Navigator (senior) | P.J. Wilkins | November 1928 |
| ditto. | J.R. Steen | March 1926 |
| ditto. | H.J. Debnam | April 1931 |
| Navigator | W.S. Stimson | March 1944 |
| ditto. | W.G.A. King | September 1939 |
| ditto. | C.R. Simons | August 1938 |
| Engineer (senior) | S.J. Crutchley | June 1939 |
| ditto. | A. Cook | July 1938 |
| ditto. | E.G. Smith | January 1946 |
| ditto. | J.F. Trice, M.B.E. | September 1947 |
| Deckhand | A.R.L. Potter | July 1945 |
| do. | W» Simmons | July 1945 |
| do. | L.J. Nicholls | September 1945 |
| do. | (vacant) | |
| do. | (vacant) | |
| Deckboy (Acting deckhand) | G.A. Simmonds | February 1947 |
| do. | B. Bowen | June 1947 |
| do. | A.R. Watkins | August 1948 |
| do. | D.C. Houghton | June 1949 |
| do. | P. Pay | August 1949 |
| do. | W.G. Cripps | September 1949 |
| do. | F. Strickland | September 1949 |
| Steward (part time) | J.F. Smeed | July 1927 |
| Shipkeeper | A.R. Burge | August 1945 |
| do. | E. Ale wood | January 1947 |
| Watchman | E.W.S. Edmonds | September 1933 |
| do. | H.J. Mason | August 1946 |
| January, 1950. |
To
THE WORSHIPFUL,
THE PORT OF LONDON HEALTH COMMITTEE.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report as Medical Officer of Health of
the Port of London.
The report is based on the Ministry of Health Memo. 302/S.A. , and the
directions of that Memorandum have been followed in so far as the information is
available.
Tonnage. The tonnage of vessels entering the Port of London during 1949, -was
24,463,725 tons as compared with 22,116,113 tons during 1948. Nine thousand
two hundred and twenty vessels arrived from foreign ports and of these 1,684
were inspected by your Medical Officers. (Table A).
Communicable Disease. Three hundred and forty three cases of notifiable
communicable diseases (including malaria) were reported as having occurred on 141
vessels during the voyage, of which 200 were landed in the Port (Tables C & D).
Forty nine cases, particulars of which are given in Appendix 11(b) were
admitted to the Port Isolation Hospital at Denton.
No case of human or rat plague occurred during the year on any vessel bound
for London.
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