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 |
---|---|---|---|
Chickenpox | 5 | 1 | |
Dysentery (amoebic) | - | 1 | 1 |
Diarrhoea | — | 14 | 3 |
Infective hepatitis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Influenza | 11 | 1 | |
Malaria | — | 2 | 1 |
Measles | — | 1 | 1 |
Pneumonia | — | 1 | 1 |
Tuberculosis : Pulmonary | - | 2 | 1 |
TOTALS | 6 | 33 | 12 |
Disease | Passengers | Crew | No. of ships concerned |
---|---|---|---|
Food poisoning | — | 3 | 2* |
Scabies | — | 1 | 1 |
Shigella sonne dysentery | - | 1 | 1* |
TOTALS | NIL | 5 | 4 |
Disease | Passengers | Crew | No. of ships concerned |
---|---|---|---|
Typhoid fever | 2 | 1* | |
TOTALS | NIL | 2 | 1 |
Disease | Passengers | Crew | No. of ships concerned |
---|---|---|---|
Bronoho pneumonia | 1 | 1 | |
Chickenpox | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gastro-enteritis | — | 1 | 1 |
Influenza | — | 1 | 1 |
Infective hepatitis | — | 1 | 1 |
Measles | — | 1 | 1 |
Mumps | — | 1 | 1 |
Tonsillitis | — | 3 | 3 |
Scabies | - | 6 | 4 |
Venereal disease | - | 1 | 1 |
TOTALS | 2 | 16 | 16 |