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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A tug (rear) and a leader barge (front) manoeuvre a "train" of container-barges to a riverside
wharf.
Photographs by United Press International
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS AT GRAVESEND
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Vessels Boarded | 70 | 79 | 90 | 77 | 96 | 93 | 76 | 79 | 75 | 76 | 92 | 82 | 985 |
No. of Passengers Medically Inspected (Inc. Commonwealth and Alien Passengers) | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 54 |
No. of Crew Medically Inspected | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | 9 | 5 | 54 |
DENTON HOSPITAL
Although Denton Hospital was taken over by the South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital
Board under the National Health Service Act, 1946, the Port Health Authority continues to exercise,
through the Senior and Assistant Port Medical Officers, the medical supervision of cases admitted
to the Hospital. The nursing and administrative control lies with the Dartford Group Hospital
Management Committee.
The number of cases admitted to Denton Hospital in 1969 was as follows:—
Influenza | 3 |
Chickenpox | 4 |
Tonsillitis | 1 |
Malaria | 1 |
Infective hepatitis | 1 |
Mumps | 1 |
Rubella | 3 |
Typhoid | 2 |
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