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City of London 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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Table: Category:Cases which have occurred on ships from foreign ports but have been disposed of before arrival.

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Category:Cases which have occurred on ships from foreign ports but have been disposed of before arrival.

Disease	Passengers	Crew	No. of ships concerned
Chickenpox	3	10	6
Gastro-enteritis	12	2	3
Broncho-pneumonia	4	—	3
Food poisoning	3	27	5
Hepatitis	—	2	2
Influenza	2	11	3
Measles	7	—	3
Meningitis	1	—	1
Mumps	1	—	1
Malaria	—	3	3
Pharyngitis	—	1	1
Tonsillitis	2	1	2
Tuberculosis- pulmonary	—	1	1
Rubella	4	2	3
Shingles	—	3	2
Typhoid Fever	—	—	-
Venereal disease	-	9	4
TOTAL	39	72	43

Table: Category:Cases landed from ships arriving coastwise.

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Category:Cases landed from ships arriving coastwise.

Disease	Passengers	Crew	No., of ships concerned
Influenza	—	2	1
Mumps	—	1	1
Pneumonia	—	1	1
Rubella	—	1	1
Food poisoning	—	19	1
Tuberculosis - pulmonary	—	1	1
Tonsillitis	—	1	1
Salm. typhimurium	—	5	1
Scabies	—	1	1
TOTAL	-	32	9

Table: The following table gives a comparative picture of infectious diseases over the past eleven years:—

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The following table gives a comparative picture of infectious diseases over the past eleven years:—

Disease (a) Cases reported on Ship's arrival	1958	1959	1960	1961	1 962	1963	1964	T 965	1966	1967	1968
Amoebiasis	_	_	_	_	_	_	—	_	4	1	—
?C Anthrax	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cerebrospinal Fever(epidemi?
Cerebrospinal meningitis)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
?Chickenpox	_	_	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	19	20
?Cholera (including suspected)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Continued Fever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
?Diphtheria	1	—	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	_	—
?t Dysentery	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	_	*1	2	3
?Encephalitis (acute)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
?Enteric (Typhoid or Parathyphoid) Fever	7	5	1	—	2	2	—	6	8	—	—
Enteritis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		1	—	14
Erysipelas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
?Food Poisoning (or suspected)	_	—	—	_	_	_	—	—	—	7	51
German Measles	25	2	8	12	14	6	14	3	_	11	7
?Infective Hepatitis/Infective Jaundice	_	_	_	—	_	_	_	_	1	9	8
?t Leprosy	—	_	_	_	—	_	—	—	1	_	_
?Leptospirosis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
?Malaria (including suspected)	_	—	—	—	—	_	_	_	*1	_	12
? Measles	71	63	109	35	60	68	43	22	15	26	4
Membranous Croup	—	—	—	_	_	_	__	_	_	_	_
?Meningitis (acute)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mumps #	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
? Ophthalmia Neonatorum	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
?tPlague (including suspected)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pneumonia, acute primary	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
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	—	—	—
? Tetanus	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	—	—	—
?P Tuberculosis — pulmonary	45	42	39	26	33	24	17	9	19	5	8
?(Tuberculosis -non pulmonary	—	_	—	_	_	_	_	_	_	1
?Typhus Fever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—_
?Whooping Cough	_	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
?P 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	1
TOTALS	809	429	1116	381	373	299	222	317	158	124	134

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Table: Category:Cases which have occurred on ships from foreign ports but have been disposed of before arrival.

Table: Category:Cases landed from ships arriving coastwise.

Table: The following table gives a comparative picture of infectious diseases over the past eleven years:—