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 London, City of ]
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NAME OF DISEASE. | Number of Notifications received. | Treated at Home. | Removed to the L.C.C. Special Hospitals. | Removed to the London Fever Hospital. | Treated at other Hospitals and Institutions. | Duplicate Certificates received. | Diagnosis subsequently found to be incorrect. | Net number of Cases. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Diphtheria | 15 | .... | 15 | .... | .... | .... | 4 | 11 |
Scarlet Fever | 39 | 4 | 30 | 3 | .... | 2 | 3 | 34 |
Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid) | l | .... | .... | .... | l | .... | .... | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Puerperal Pyrexia | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Erysipelas | 10 | 3 | .... | .... | 5 | 2 | .... | 8 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | l | .... | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 |
Acute Polio-myelitis | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | l | .... | .... | .... | 1 | .... | .... | 1 |
Malaria contracted abroad | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Food poisoning or suspected food poisoning | l | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 |
Amoebic Dysentery | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Chicken-pox | 17 | 13 | 2 | .... | 1 | 1 | .... | 16 |
Totals | 85 | 21 | 48 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 73 |
Measles | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 21 |
Totals | 106 | 27 | 62 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 94 |
The following is a return of infectious diseases which have occurred in the City of
London, exclusive of Tuberculosis, Measles, Pneumonia, Chicken-pox, and Food
Poisoning, with the percentages of such cases removed to hospitals for treatment or nursed
at home during 1933 compared with the figures for the previous five years:—
In no case was it necessary to apply for an order for compulsory removal to hospital.
Year. | Number of actual cases. | Per cent. of actual cases reported. | |
---|---|---|---|
Removed to Hospital. | Treated at home | ||
1928 | 51 | 96.0 | 4.0 |
1929 | 60 | 90.0 | 10.0 |
1930 | 58 | 93.1 | 6.9 |
1931 | 38 | 94.7 | 5.3 |
1932 | 57 | 91.2 | 8.8 |
Average for the five years | 52.8 | 93.0 | 7.0 |
1933 | 56 | 87.5 | 12.3 |
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