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City of London 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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METEOROLOGY at Greenwich, and DEATH RATES recorded in London
and the City respectively for each year from 1894 to 1901.
METEOROLOGY, 1901.
| Year | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Sunshine in Hours | 1052 | 1225 | 1016 | 1540 | 1415 | 1708 | 1506 | Returns not yet published. |
| Mean Temperature | 49°.9 | 49°.3 | 50º.1 | 50°.3 | 51º.3 | 50º.6 | 50°.4 | |
| Degree of humidity Saturation — 100 | 81 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 79 | |
| Rainfall in inches | 26.9 | 19.7 | 22.4 | 22.1 | 18.9 | 22.3 | 22.3 | |
| Mean hourly horizontal movement of the air. | 12.4 miles | 11.6 | 11.4 | 12.2 miles | 11.8 miles | 11.5 | 12.1 |
Annual Rate of Mortality per 1,000.
| London | 17.8 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 18.7 | 19.8 | 18.8 | 17.1 |
| City of London | 17.2 | 18.3 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 16.3 | 18.5 | 19.4 | 16.6 |
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
In the following Tables will be found particulars of the cases of infectious disease notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during 1901, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, &c. :—
| NATURE OF DISEASE. | Number of Certificates received. | Treated at Home. | Removed to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals. | Removed to the London Fever Hospital. | Treated at other Hospitals and Infirmaries. | Duplicate Certificates received. | Diagnosis incorrect. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 8 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 71 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 2 |
| Membranous Croup | 4 | - | 2 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 132 | 11 | 63 | 31 | 3 | 24 | — |
| Typhus „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric „ | 24 | 5 | 6 | — | 10 | 3 | — |
| Continued „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal „ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 12 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 253 | 38 | 109 | 35 | 32 | 36 | 3 |
It will be seen from the above that during the year 253 certificates were
received, including 36 "duplicates," and 3 in which the diagnosis was
subsequently found to be incorrect.