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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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GRAVESEND
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. medically inspected | 173 | 140 | 157 | 153 | 148 | 149 | 163 | 157 | 141 | 155 | 134 | 161 | 1,831 |
| No. of passengers | 566 | 503 | 558 | 1,543 | 1,661 | 4,003 | 4,834 | 3,398 | 2,548 | 780 | 467 | 628 | 21,489 |
| No. of crew | 320 | 135 | 444 | 499 | 705 | 477 | 1,143 | 689 | 325 | 796 | 493 | 741 | 6,767 |
| No. of Foreign Arrivals | 1,062 | 1,017 | 1,246 | 1,096 | 1,174 | 1,179 | 1,231 | 1,074 | 1,143 | 1,123 | 1,065 | 1,083 | 13,493 |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Disease | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cases reported-Cholera (including suspected cases) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague do. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yellow fever do. | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus fever do. | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — |
| Smallpox do. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Enteric fever | 10 | 82 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8* | 5 | 3 |
| Measles | 99 | 80 | 58 | 74 | 56 | 97 | 31 | 64 | 67 | 91 |
| German Measles | 3 | 3 | 17 | 67 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 32 | 43 | 41 | 53 | 67 | 46 | 43 | 35 | 32 | 39 |
| Other diseases (including Chickenpox) | 106 | 124 | 114 | 130 | 128 | 184 | 347** | 368 | 212 | 1,328 |
| TOTALS | 260 | 343 | 251 | 340 | 274 | 345 | 435 | 484 | 322 | 1,470 |
| (b) Admitted to Hospital-Cholera (including suspected cases) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague do. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yellow fever do. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus fever do. | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smallpox do. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 3 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 |
| Measles | 24 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 35 |
| Parotitis | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Other diseases (including Chickenpox) | 80 | 34 | 56 | 35 | 35 | 48 | 32 | 53 | 63 | 271 |
| TOTALS | 120 | 49 | 68 | 63 | 44 | 67 | 62 | 84 | 88 | 314 |
* Includes 2 'carriers'
** Includes 221 cases of gastro-enteritis
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