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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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| Office | Name of Officer | Date of entering the service. |
|---|---|---|
| Deckhand | A.R.L. Fotter | July 1945. |
| ditto. | L . J. Nicholls | September 1945. |
| ditto. | E. Alewood (Vacant) (Vacant) | January 1947. |
| ditto. | ||
| ditto . | ||
| ditto. (Acting) | R.A. Mantripp | March 1945. |
| ditto. (Acting) | L.A.J. Cambridge | March 1950. |
| De ckboy | A.R. Watkins | August 1948. |
| ditto. | P .E. Pay | August 1949. |
| ditto. | F.J. Strickland | September 1949. |
| ditto. | D.R. Henderson | April 1950. |
| ditto. | J. Gilbert (Vacant) | September 1950. |
| ditto. | ||
| Ste-ward (Part time) | J.F. Smeed | July 1927. |
| Shipkeeper | A.R. Burge | August 1945. |
| ditto. | A.C. Croft | October 1950. |
| Watchman | E.W.S. Edmonds | September 1933. |
| ditto a | S.H. Cornish | November 1950. |
LAUNCHES
Date acquired
"Howard Deighton" 1931
"Alfred Robertson" 1938
"Frederick Whittingham" 1934
"Alfred Roach" 1948
HULKS
"Hygeia" at Gravesend 1935
"Uplees" at Greenwich 1945
January 1951.
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 prepared on the lines indicated in Memorandum 302/S.A., in so
far as the information asked for is available.
Tonnage. The tonnage of vessels entering the Port of London during 1950, was
26,724,215 tons as compared with 24,463,725 tons during 1949. Ten thousand five
hundred and ninety nine vessels arrived from foreign ports and of these 1,599
were visited by your Medical Officers (Table A).
Communicable Disease. Two hundred and fifty one cases of notifiable communicable
diseases (including malaria) were reported as having occurred on 155 vessels
during the voyage, of -which 104 were landed in the Port. (Tables C & D).
Sixty-eight cases, particulars of -which are given in appendix II(b) were
admitted to the Denton Isolation Hospital.
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