Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE C.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS LANDED FROM VESSELS.
Disease. | Number of cases during the year | Number of vessels concerned | Average number of cases for previous 5 years. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Passengers | Crew | |||
Chickenpox | 6 | 3 | 9 | 15.8 |
Influenza | - | 1 | 1 | 0.4 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.6 |
Mumps | 9 | 15 | 11 | 9.4 |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.6 |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16.6 |
Smallpox | 1 | - | 1 | 0.4 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | 13 | 32 | 38 | 27.2 |
Measles | 22 | 2 | 9 | 23.6 |
Dysentery | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5.8 |
Malaria | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12.2 |
German Measles | - | 61* | 1 | 1.6 |
* Training Ship "Worcester". |
TABLE D.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS OCCURRING ON VESSELS DURING THE VOYAGE BUT DISPOSED OF PRIOR TO ARRIVAL.
Disease | Number of cases during the year | Number of vessels concerned | Average number of cases for previous 5 years. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Passengers | Crew | |||
German Measles | 6 | - | 4 | 5.2 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.2 |
Measles | 49 | 1 | 17 | 31.2 |
Malaria | - | 48 | 18 | 22.6 |
Chickenpox | 13 | 2 | 15 | 19.0 |
Smallpox | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2.8 |
Mumps | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4.8 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5.6 |
Enteric Fever | - | 4 | 4 | 6.4 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 1 | 0.4 |
Dysentery | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6.6 |
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