Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Special Hospitals—
Table III
Errors in diagnosis. | Diphtheria (including bacteriological) and membraneous croup. | Enteric fevers. | Measles. | Rubella. | Scarlet fever. | Whooping cough. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of errors in diagnosis | 1,938 | 11 | 1,159 | 91 | 1,621 | 149 |
Total cases | 11,795 | 50 | 13,867 | 1,109 | 18,310 | 1,894 |
Percentage errors | 16.4 | 22.0 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 7.9 |
*Including acute cases admitted direct to convalescent hospitals. |
Table IV—
Classification. | Joyce Green or Long Reach. | South Wharf. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
In hospital on 1st January, 1934 | 13 | - | 13 |
Admissions | 140 | 25 | 165 |
Discharges | 152 | 25* | 177 |
Deaths | 1 | - | 1 |
In hospital on 31st December, 1934 | — | — | — |
*Direct discharges only, remainder discharged to Long Reach. |
Table v—
Borough of residence. | Number of cases. | Borough of residence. | Number of cases. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox. | Other. | Total. | Small-pox. | Other. | Total. | ||
North— | East— | ||||||
Paddington | — | — | — | Shoreditch | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Kensington | — | 1 | 1 | Bethnal Green | — | 2 | 2 |
Hammersmith | - | - | — | Stepney | 9 | 3 | 12 |
Fulham | — | — | — | Poplar | 2 | — | 2 |
Chelsea | - | - | - | ||||
Westminster, City of | — | — | — | South— | |||
Southwark | 19 | 7 | 26 | ||||
Bermondsey | 11 | — | 11 | ||||
West— | Lambeth | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
Battersea | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
St. Marylebone | — | — | — | ||||
Wandsworth | — | — | — | ||||
Hampstead | — | - | - | Camberwell | 22 | — | 22 |
St. Pancras | - | 1 | 1 | ||||
Deptford | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
Islington | 70 | 2 | 72 | ||||
Greenwich | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
Stoke Newington | - | - | - | ||||
Lewisham | 2* | 1 | 3 | ||||
Hackney | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Woolwich | — | — | — | ||||
Central— | Tottenham urban district | - | - | - | |||
Port of London | — | — | — | ||||
Holborn | — | — | - | Beyond metropolitan area | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Finsbury | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Total | 150 | 28 | 178 | ||||
City of London | — | — | — | ||||
* Includes one death. |