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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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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1904.
| Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. Botolph. | St. Sepulchre. | St. Botolph. | St. Sepulchre. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||
| Small-pox | 2 | _ | _ | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | _ |
| Diphtheria | 36 | — | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | — | 18 | 18 | 14 | 18 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 31 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 | — | 17 | 14 | 16 | 13 |
| Typhus „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — |
| Enteric „ | 11 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 5 | — | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Continued „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — |
| Eelapsing „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal ,, | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 19 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 8 |
| Totals | 100 | 1 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 2 | 49 | 51 | 40 | 44 |
| Chicken-pox | 30 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 3 | _ | _ | 13 | 17 | — | — |
| Phthisis | 8 | - | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | 7 | — | 4 |
| Totals | 138 | 2 | 29 | 39 | 32 | 34 | 2 | 63 | 75 | 40 | 48 |
This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.
SHELTER FOR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
DURING DISINFECTION.
The Shelter in Golden Lane, Barbican, provided in accordance with Sec. 60
(4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, which enacts that" sanitary
"authorities shall provide free of charge temporary shelter or house
"accommodation with necessary attendants for the members of any family
"in which any dangerous infectious disease has appeared, for the purpose of
"enabling such dwellings to be disinfected by the sanitary authority," has
been visited by 10 families during the year. They numbered 33 persons, of
which 17 were adults and 16 were children, and who were housed during the
disinfection of the houses after—
Small-pox1family
Diphtheria 3 families
Erysipelas 2 „
Chicken-pox 2 „
Measles 1 family
Cancer1„
10 families
One family came from a home consisting of four rooms, 3 of three rooms,
4 of two rooms, and 2 of one room.