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City of London 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table C shows that of the 245 cases of notifiable infectious disease
occurring, exclusive of Chicken-pox, 77.9 per cent. were removed to hospital
for treatment, the remaining 22.1 per cent. being nursed at their own homes.
Removed to Hospital.
Per cent.
Treated at Home.
Per cent.
Scarlet Fever 90.7 9.3
Diphtheria 79.1 20.9
Enteric Fever 80.0 20.0
Erysipelas 25.0 75.0
Small-pox l00.0 —
Excluding Erysipelas from the above, 85.9 per cent. went to hospital,
against 83.9, 77.5, 73.6, 79.1 and 87.1 in the five preceding years.

Table: TABLE C. Return of infectious disease, exclusive of Chicken-pox, occurring in the City of London, with the percentage of such cases removed to hospital or treated at home during 1902, compared with the average for the previous five years :—

TABLE C. Return of infectious disease, exclusive of Chicken-pox, occurring in the City of London, with the percentage of such cases removed to hospital or treated at home during 1902, compared with the average for the previous five years :—

Year.Number of cases reported.Per cent. of cases reported.
Removed to Hospital.Treated at Home.
189720863.936.1
189815879.120.9
189928560.539.5
190019679.120.9
190121482.217.8
Average for previous five years.20272.927.1
190224577.922.1