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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

London County Council 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Special Hospitals— continued.Table III (b)—Acute Hospitals*—Errors in diagnosis, 1934.

Special Hospitals— continued.

Table III (b)—Acute Hospitals*—Errors in diagnosis, 1934.

Errors in diagnosis.Diphtheria (including bacteriological) and membraneous croup.Enteric fevers.Measles.Rubella.Scarlet fever.Whooping cough.
Number of errors in diagnosis1,938111,159911,621149
Total cases11,7955013,8671,10918,3101,894
Percentage errors16.422.08.48.28.97.9
*Including acute cases admitted direct to convalescent hospitals.

Table: Table IV— Smallpox hospitals.—Admissions, discharges and deaths during 1934 includingcases erroneously certified.

Table IV— Smallpox hospitals.—Admissions, discharges and deaths during 1934 including

cases erroneously certified.

Classification.Joyce Green or Long Reach.South Wharf.Total.
In hospital on 1st January, 193413-13
Admissions14025165
Discharges15225*177
Deaths1-1
In hospital on 31st December, 1934———
*Direct discharges only, remainder discharged to Long Reach.

Table: Table v— Smallpox hospitals.—Summary of discharges and deaths during1934groupedaccording to borough of residence of patient.

Table v— Smallpox hospitals.—Summary of discharges and deaths during1934groupedaccording to borough of residence of patient.

Borough of residence.Number of cases.Borough of residence.Number of cases.
Small-pox.Other.Total.Small-pox.Other.Total.
North—East—
Paddington———Shoreditch213
Kensington—11Bethnal Green—22
Hammersmith--—Stepney9312
Fulham———Poplar2—2
Chelsea---
Westminster, City of———South—
Southwark19726
Bermondsey11—11
West—Lambeth246
Battersea1—1
St. Marylebone———
Wandsworth———
Hampstead—--Camberwell22—22
St. Pancras-11
Deptford1—1
Islington70272
Greenwich—11
Stoke Newington---
Lewisham2*13
Hackney112
Woolwich———
Central—Tottenham urban district---
Port of London———
Holborn——-Beyond metropolitan area235
Finsbury617
Total15028178
City of London———
* Includes one death.