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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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Table: TABLE G.CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS LANDED FROM VESSELS.

TABLE G.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS LANDED FROM VESSELS.

Disease .Number of Cases during the YearNumber of vessels concerned.Average number of cases for previous 5 years.
PassengersCrew
German Measles2121.0
Chickenpox516914.4
Pulmonary Tuberculosis9263023 .0
Scarlet Fever-333.8
Pneumonia1124.0
Malaria-141012.8
Enteric Fever21316.6
Measles102622.0
Dysentery-654.2
Poliomyelitis2-20.4
Parotitis1129.2
Erysipelas-11-

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

TABLE D.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS OCCURRING ON VESSELS DURING THE VOYAGE BUT DISPOSED OF PRIOR TO ARRIVAL.

Disease.Number of Cases during the YearNumber of vessels concerned.Average number of cases for previous 5 years.
PassengersCrew
Scarlet Fever1340.8
Enteric Fever1555.4
Smallpox–432.0
Chickenpox2182016.4
German Measles12292.8
Parotitis9283.2
Measles46-1122.8
Pneumonia2242.4
Dysentery2235.8
Malaria–19728.2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.3364.4

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