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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The following table gives a comparative picture of infectious diseases over the past twelve
years:—
Disease | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) Cases reported on Ship's arrival | ||||||||||
Amoebiasis | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
Anthrax | - | - | ||||||||
Cerebrospinal Fever (epidemic Cerebrospinal meningitis) | 1 | |||||||||
Chickenpox | 8 | 19 | 20 | 9 | ||||||
Cholera (including suspected) | ||||||||||
Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||||||
Dysentery | - | - | - | *1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
Encephalitis (acute) | 1 | |||||||||
Enteric (Typhoid or Paratyphoid) Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | 8 | 5 | |||
Enteritis | 14 | |||||||||
Erysipelas | 1 | |||||||||
Food Poisoning (or suspected) | 7 | 51 | 1 | |||||||
German Measles | 8 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | |
Infective Hepatitis/Infective Jaundice | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
Leprosy | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Leptospirosis | ||||||||||
Malaria (including suspected) | *1 | 12 | 6 | |||||||
Measles | 109 | 35 | 60 | 68 | 43 | 22 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 29 |
Meningitis (acute) (or Suspected) | 1 | |||||||||
#Mumps | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | |||||||||
Plague (including suspected) | ||||||||||
Pneumonia acute primary | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
Polioencephalitis (acute) | ||||||||||
Poliomyelitis (acute) | ||||||||||
Relapsing fever | ||||||||||
Scarlet Fever (or Scarlatina) | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Smallpox (including suspected) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Tetanus | — | — | — | — | ||||||
Tuberculosis — pulmonary | 39 | 26 | 33 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
Tuberculosis — non-pulmonary | — | — | 1 | |||||||
Typhus Fever | ||||||||||
Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Yellow Fever (including suspected) | — | 1 | — | — | — | |||||
TOTALS | 1116 | 373 | 299 | 222 | 317 | 158 | 124 | 134 | 561 | |
This figure includes 366 cases of gastro enteritis from 3 ships and 87 cases of influenza from 4 ships | ||||||||||
(b) Total cases admitted to Hospital including those reported after arrival | I960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
Amoebiasis | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | |||||
Anthrax | — | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cerebrospinal Fever (epidemic Cerebrospinal meningitis) | ||||||||||
Chickenpox | - | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Cholera (including suspected) | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | — | — | - | — | ||
Dysentery (including suspected) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | — | — |
Encephalitis (acute) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Enteric (typhoid or paratyphoid) Fever | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Enteritis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | ||
Erysipelas | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
#Food Poisoning (or suspected) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |
German Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Infective Hepatitis/Infective Jaundice | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
Leprosy | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
Leptospirosis | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Malaria (including suspected) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Measles | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Meningitis (Acute) (or suspected) | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Mumps | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Plague (including suspected) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia, acute primary | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |
Polioencephalitis (acute) | — | - | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis (acute) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Relapsing Fever | — | - | - | - | — | - | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
Smallpox (including suspected) | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Tetanus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -r- | _ |
Tuberculosis — pulmonary | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 11 | 5 | 9 |
Tuberculosis — non pulmonary | — | — | — | — | ||||||
Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Yellow Fever (including suspected) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
TOTALS | 110 | 80 | 111 | 107 | 89 | 56 | 42 | 36 | 28 | 38 |
*Same case — final diagnosis was multiple myelomatosis
#Table amended 1966
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