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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
Strand (Westminster) 1899
Annual report on the statistics and sanitary condition relating to Strand District, London for the year 1899
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ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF
Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
126 certificates were received in 1899, relating to 121 cases
of infectious disease. The amount paid for certificates during
the year was £11. 17s., which is refunded to this Board by the
Metropolitan Asylums Board.
TABLE VIII.
Cases notified per 1,000 population in 1899.
| Disease. | London. | Strand. | St. Anne Sub-District. | Strand Sub-District. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 0.00 | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 3.98 | 2.29 | 3.14 | 1.42 |
| Diphtheria & Membranous Croup | 3.02 | 1.54 | 2.56 | 0.50 |
| Typhus Fever | 0.00 | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 0.98 | 0.50 | 0–49 | 0.50 |
| Continued | 0.01 | – | – | – |
| Relapsing „ | 0.00 | – | – | – |
| Puerperal ,, | 0.07 | – | – | – |
| Cholera | 0.00 | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 1.23 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.75 |
| Total | 9.32 | 5.01 | 6.85 | 3.19 |
Although the notifications were more in number than last
year, they were as a whole below the average of previous years
both in London and the Strand. Table X. shows the ratio of
cases of each disease notified in the various Metropolitan Sanitary
Districts. It will be seen that some of the Southern districts
suffered heavily from both Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, while
Enteric Fever was proportionately most felt in the City and in the
Eastern group, and to a less extent in some of the Central and
Southern Districts.
During 1899, no difficulty was experienced in obtaining
admission of patients to hospital from the Strand District.
89 per cent. of the Scarlet Fever; 89.1 per cent. of the
Diphtheria; 58.3 per cent. of the Enteric Fever; and 23.5 of
the Erysipelas cases were so treated. A recent decision of the
High Court (in "Warwick v. Graham") has settled that where
a person suffering from an infectious disease, is liable to