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St Giles (Camden) 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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suburban town, the parents were summoned to Bow Street
Police Court, where the magistrate inflicted fines amounting
to £6 and £3 5s. 0d. costs.
It was ascertained that no intimation of the nature of
the disease had been given either to the cab driver or the
Railway Authorities.
4.—D iphtheria (decennial average 14.2).
| Year. | No. of Notifications received. | Removals to Hospital. | No. of Deaths in Hospital. | No. of Deaths at Home. | Total No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 54 | 41 | 4 in General Hospitals 1 at Asylums Board | 1 | 6 |
The 6 deaths of children in 1897 were considerably
below the decennial average 14.2.
Of the 41 removals to hospital 16 were admitted to the
Asylums Board, and 25 to general public hospitals.
"The prevalence of diphtheria in London during the
fifty two registration weeks of 1897 was as shown by the
returns actually and relatively a good deal less than that
recorded in the 52 weeks of the preceding registration
year.
"In 1896 the 14,224 notified cases yielded an average
weekly total of 268, and the 12,811 attacks in 1897 produced
an average of 246 cases weekly.
"The 2,683 deaths in 1896 yielded a case mortality of
18.9 per cent. The deaths fell to 2,262 last year, and
yielded a case mortality of 17.7 per cent.