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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Name of Officer | Nature of Appointment | Date of Appointment | Any other Appointment held |
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Name of Officer | Nature of Appointment | Date of Appointment | Any other Appointment held |
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Ships from | Number | Net Tonnage | Number Inspected | Number of ships reported as having, or having had during the voyage infectious disease on board. | |
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By the Port Medical Officer | By the Port Health Inspector |
Quality | Physical Properties — Clear, Colourless, Odourless | |
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Plate count per ml | CoUforms per 100 ml. |
Dirty | Unfit | Suspic. | Unsat. | Satis. | Good | Excell. |
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HYDRANTS | STANDPIPES | DELIVERY HOSE ENDS | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dirty | Unfit | Suspic. | Unsat. | Satis. | Good | Excell. | Dirty | Unfit | Suspic. | Unsat | Satis. | Good | Excell. | Dirty | Unfit | Suspic. | Unsat | Satis. | Good | Excell. | STVXOX |
Dirty | Unfit | Suspic. | Unsat. | Satis. | Good | Excell. |
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HYDRANTS | STANDPIPES | DELIVERY HOSE ENDS | TOTALS | |||||||||||||||||||
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Dirty | Unfit | Su spic. | Unsat. | Satis. | Good | Excell. | Dirty | Unfit | Suspic. | Unsat. | Satis. | Good | Excell. | Dirty | Unfit | Suspic. | Unsat. | Satis. | Good | Excell. |
Category — Cases landed from ships from foreign ports. | |||
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Disease | No. of cases during the year | No. of ships concerned | |
Passengers | Crew |
Year 1961 | Average for 5 years |
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Number of | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
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Number of | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
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No. of Deratting Certificates Issued | Number of Deratting Exemption C ertificates Issued | Total Certificates Issued | ||||
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After Fumigation with | After Trapping | After Poisoning | Total | |||
HCN | Other Fumigants | |||||
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. |
Inspections and Notices | No. of Vessels |
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Method of disposal | Weight | Comparable Weight 1960 |
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Burnt | Tons | cwts. |
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Buried | Tons | cwts. |
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Commodi ty | Tons |
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Commodity | Argentine | U.S.A. | New Zealand | Australia | Bechuanaland | Brazil | Chile | Southern Rhodesia | Uruguay | Total |
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• | Salmonella |
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Commodity | No. of Samples | Positive Salmonella | Other Organisms |
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Date Sampled | Lab. No. & Sample No. | Description of Sample | Surface plate Count per gm. at 37 °C | Coliform bacilli | Mould Count per gm. at 22°C | Predominant Organisms |
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1961 | 1960 |
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Fleet | No. | Diesel | Steamships | ||
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Coal Fired | Oil Fired |
Fleet | No. | Diesel | Steamships | |
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Coal Fired | Oil Fired |
Type | No. | Diesel | Coal Fired | Oil Fired |
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Type | No. | Diesel | Coal Fired | Oil Fired |
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Fleet | No. | Diesel | Steam | |
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Coal Fired | Oil Fired |
Fleet | No. | Diesel | Steam | ||
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Coal Fired | Oil Fired |
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
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Disease | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
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Type of Vessels/Premises | Inspected | Defective | To be cleaned |
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Dock and River | No. o f Inspections |
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No. o f inspections | No. of inspections |
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Dock Group | Docks | Water Area Acres | Lineal Quayage Miles |
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