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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Luke 1896

Report on the sanitary condition, vital statistics, &c., of the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex for the year 1896

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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, and
WORK OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
Notification of Infections Diseases.

Table: The following Table gives the number and nature of the cases notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health Ac1 during the 53 weeks ended January 2nd, 1897, and indicates also where the same received treatment :

The following Table gives the number and nature of the cases notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health Ac1 during the 53 weeks ended January 2nd, 1897, and indicates also where the same received treatment :

Total Number of ( Vri t float— from each cnusc.Treated at the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital.Treated at General Hospitals and Infirmaries.Treated at their own Homes.Duplicate Certificates.Erroneously Diagnosed.
Small-Pox22———2
Scarlet Fever277224—36172
Diphtheria14266105511—
Typhus Fever------
Enteric Fever412171121
Continued Fever22————
Membranous Croup3—12——
Puerperal Fever2——2——
Erysipelas155-2011520—
Total number from all causes62431538221505

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The amount paid to the Medical practitioners for tarnishing
the above Certificates amounted to £.58 15s. 0d. For the year
1895 the sum of £37 10s. 6d. was paid. The Vestry is recouped
for this expenditure by the Metropolitan Asylums Hoard (out
of the Metropolitan Common Poor Fund), to which Board a
copy of each certificate is sent within 12 hours of the receipt of
the same.
Disinfection of Infected Articles.
Representations of the unsatisfactory nature of the disinfection
performed by the Apparatus belonging to your
Vestry having been made on several occasions, I was requested