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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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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1912.
CITY OF LONDON.
| Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. Botolph. | St .Sepulchre. | St. Botolph. | St .Sepulchre. | |||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 6. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 26 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 16 | — | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Erysipelas | 13 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 10 | — | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 33 | — | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | — | 13 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| Typhus „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric „ | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Relapsing „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal ,, | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-encephalitis & Polio-myelitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 66 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 14 | — | 25 | 41 | 21 | 35 | 56 |
| *Chicken-pox | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 69 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 14 | — | 27 | 42 | 22 | 35 | 57 |
This Table is prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Board.
* The notification of this disease is voluntary in the City of London.
For cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, see p. 23.
In each case a detailed examination was made of the sanitary condition of the
premises where infectious cases occurred, and a summary of defects found by the
District Inspectors is given on page 40.