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City of London 1912
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1912
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. In the following Tables will be found particulars of infectious disease notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, infirmaries, &c.:—
| NATURE OP 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 21 | - | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 41 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 8 | - |
| Enteric „ | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 18 | 8 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Acute Polio-myelitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 85 | 10 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 1 |
| *Chicken-pox | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 88 | 12 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 1 |
• The notification of this disease is voluntary in the City of London.
It will be seen from the foregoing that during the year, excluding Chicken-pox,
85 Certificates were received, including 18 "duplicates," and one in which the diagnosis
was subsequently found to be incorrect.
The total number of cases of "notifiable infectious disease" was, therefore, 66, as
compared with 67 for the previous year. The total number of cases of Scarlet Fever
reported was 33, compared with 22 last year.
The following is a Return of infectious diseases notified, exclusive of Chicken-pox, in the City of London, with the percentages of such cases removed for treatment to hospitals or nursed at home during 1912, compared with the figures for the previous five years:—
| Year. | Number of cases reported. | Per cent. of cases reported. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removed to Hospital. | Treated at Home. | ||
| 1907 | 140 | 84.3 | 15.7 |
| 1908 | 90 | 91.0 | 9.0 |
| 1909 | 67 | 82.1 | 17.9 |
| 1910 | 54 | 79.6 | 20.4 |
| 1911 | 67 | 83.6 | 16.4 |
| Average for previous five years. | 84 | 84.1 | 15.9 |
| 1912 | 66 | 84.8 | 15.2 |