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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX II INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Disease (a) Cases reported on Ship's arrival | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amoebiasis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebrospinal Fever (epidemic | ||||||||||
| Cerebrospinal meningitis) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chickenpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 19 |
| Cholera (including suspected) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | _ | - | - | _ | _ | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Encephalitis (acute) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ |
| Enteric (Typhoid or Paratyphoid) | ||||||||||
| Fever | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | 8 | _ |
| Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
| Food Poisoning (or suspected) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| German Measles | 25 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 3 | _ | 11 |
| Infective Hepatitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 |
| Leprosy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Malaria (including suspected) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Measles | 71 | 63 | 109 | 35 | 60 | 68 | 43 | 22 | 15 | 26 |
| Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - |
| Menir gococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - |
| Mumps 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (including suspected) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia, acute primary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia, acute influenzal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - |
| Polioencephalitis (acute) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis (acute) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever (or Scarlatina) | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox (including suspected) | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Tuberculosis - pulmonary | 45 | 42 | 39 | 26 | 33 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 5 |
| Tuberculosis - non pulmonary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Yellow Fever (including suspected) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other diseases (including chicken- | ||||||||||
| pox up to and including 1965 only) | 659 | 313 | 956 | 303 | 258 | 198 | 146 | 276 | 100 | 42 |
| TOTALS | 809 | 429 | 1116 | 381 | 373 | 299 | 222 | 317 | 159 | 124 |
| (b) Total cases admitted to Hospital including those reported after arrival | ||||||||||
| Amoebiasis | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 4 | 2 |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebrospinal Fever (epidemic | ||||||||||
| Cerebrospinal meningitis) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chickenpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 |
| Cholera (including suspected) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery (including suspected) | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Encephalitis (Acute) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric (typhoid or paratyphoid) | ||||||||||
| F ever | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning (or suspected) / | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| German Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Infective Hepatitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Leprosy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria (including suspected) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Measles | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mumps | 7 | - | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Ppthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague (including suspected) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia, acute primary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia, acute influenzal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polioencephalitis (acute) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis (acute) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Smallpox (including suspected) | _ | _ | - | _ | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis - pulmonary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 11 |
| Tuberculosis - non pulmonary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yellow Fever (including suspected) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other diseases (including chicken- | ||||||||||
| pox up to and including 1965 only /) | 114 | 75 | 86 | 65 | 86 | 86 | 72 | 44 | - | 5 |
| TOTALS | 134 | 93 | 110 | 80 | 111 | 107 | 89 | 56 | 42 | 36 |
*Same case — final diagnosis was multiple myelomatosis
/Table amended 1966
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