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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
City of London 1900
Report on the proceedings of the Public Health (Sanitary) Department of the Corporation of London during the year 1900
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
In the following Tables will be found particulars of the cases of infectious disease notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during 1900, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, &c.:—
| NATURE OF DISEASE. | Number of Certificates received. | Treated at Home. | Removed to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals. | Removed to the London Fever Hospital. | Treated at other Hospitals and Infirmaries. | Duplicate Certificates received. | Diagnosis incorrect. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | Nil. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 74 | 5 | 39 | 6 | 14 | 10 | — |
| Membranous Croup | Nil. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 101 | 15 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 19 | — |
| Typhus „ | Nil. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric „ | 30 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 2 | — |
| Continued „ | Nil. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing „ | Nil. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal „ | Nil. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | Nil. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 23 | 20 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 228 | 43 | 86 | 26 | 41 | 32 | Nil. |