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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

St Luke 1899

Report on the sanitary condition, vital statistics, &c., of the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex for the year 1899

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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT,
and
WORK OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
Notification of Infectious Diseases.

Table: The following Table gives the number and nature of the cases notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health Act during the 52 weeks ended December 30th, 1899, and indicates also where the same received treatment :—

The following Table gives the number and nature of the cases notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health Act during the 52 weeks ended December 30th, 1899, and indicates also where the same received treatment :—

Total Number of Certificates from each cause.Treated at the Met ropolitan Asylums Board Hospital.Treated at General Hospitals and Infirmaries.Treated at the London Fever Hospital.Treated at their own Homes.Duplicate Certificates.Erroneously Diagnosed.
Small-Pox.....................
Scarlet Fever16814081091
Diphtheria105681071193
Typhus Fever.....................
Enteric Fever40188536
Continued Fever.....................
Membranous Croup5...2...21...
Puerperal Fever1.........1......
Erysipelas73...5...5792
Total number from all causes3922262515868112

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The amount paid to the Medical practitioners for furnishing the
above Certificates amounted to £35 8s. 6d. For the year 1898
the sum of £44 17s. 6d. was paid. The Vestry is recouped for
this expenditure by the Metropolitan Asylums Board (out of the
Metropolitan Common Poor Fund), to which Board a copy of
each certificate is sent within 12 hours of the receipt of the
same.