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City of London 1904

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1904

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Table: METEOROLOGY at Greenwich, andDEATH RATES recorded in London and the City respectively for each year from 1894 to 1904.

METEOROLOGY at Greenwich, andDEATH RATES recorded in London and the City respectively for each year from 1894 to 1904.

Year18941895189618971898189919001901190219031904
Registered Sun shine in Hours10521225101615401415170815061567123614551459
Mean Temperature49º.949º.350º.150º.351º.350º.650º.449º.248º.850º.049º.8
Degree of humidity Saturation=100.8178797978777978808082
Rainfall in inches26.919.722.422.118.922.322.320.319.535.320.7
Mean hourly horizontal movement of the air.12.4 miles11.6 miles11.4 miles12.2 miles11.8 miles11.5 miles12.1 miles11.51 miles11.5miles13.2 miles11.4 miles
Annual Rate or Mortality per 1,000.
London17.819.918.618.218.820.019.217.717.715.716.6
City of London17.218.317.819.316.318.519.416.616.412.012.0

Table: 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 1904, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, &c.:—

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 1904, 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-pox2—2————
Diphtheria434235434
Membranous Croup1———1——
Scarlet Fever402218—81
Typhus „———————
Enteric „1522—722
Continued „———————
Relapsing „————-——
Puerperal „———————
Cholera———————
Erysipelas248——1141
Totals12516481323178
Chicken-pox3130———1—
Phthisis84——4——
Totals16450481327188

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It will be seen from the above that during the year, excluding Chicken-pox
and Phthisis, 125 Certificates were received, including 17 "duplicates," and
8 in which the diagnosis was subsequently found to be incorrect.
The total number of cases of" dangerous infectious disease " was therefore 100.