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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Disease | Passengers | Crew | No. of ships concerned |
---|---|---|---|
Dysentery | - | 1 | 1 |
Gastro enteritis | 340 | 26 | 3 |
German measles | 4 | - | 1 |
Infective hepatitis | - | 6 | 6 |
Influenza | 87 | 4 | |
Malaria | - | 4 | 2 |
Measles | 24 | - | 2 |
Mumps | 2 | - | 1 |
Scabies | - | 3 | 1 |
Tuberculosis : Pulmonary | - | 4 | 4 |
Whooping cough | 1 | - | 1 |
TOTALS | 371 | 131 | 26 |
Disease | Passengers | Crew | No. of ships concerned |
---|---|---|---|
Influenza | - | 2 | 1 |
Gastro enteritis | - | 1 | 1 |
Pyrexia of unknown origin | - | 1 | 1 |
Scabies | 1 | 1 | |
Venereal Disease | - | 2 | 2 |
TOTALS | NIL | 7 | 6 |
Disease | Passengers | Crew | No. of ships concerned |
---|---|---|---|
Miscellaneous (Tonsillitis) | - | 1 | 1 |
Typhoid fever | - | 1 | 1 |
TOTALS | NIL | 2 | 2 |
Disease | Passengers | Crew | No. of ships concerned | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dysentery | - | 1 | 1 | |
German measles | - | 3 | 1 | |
Influenza | - | 10 | 6 | |
Miscellaneous | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
Scabies | - | 2 | 2 | |
Food Poisoning | - | 3 | 1 | |
Venereal Disease | - | 2 | 2 | |
TOTALS | 2 | 25 | 18 |