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City of London 1903

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Table: meteorology at Greenwich, and death rates recorded in London and the City respectively for each year from 1894 to 1903.

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meteorology at Greenwich, and death rates recorded in London and the City respectively for each year from 1894 to 1903.

Year	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903
Registered Sunshine in Hours.	1052	1225	1016	1540	1415	1708	1506	1567	1236	Returns not yet published.
Mean Temperature	49.9	49º.3	50º.1	50°.3	51º.3	50º.6	50°.4	49º.2	48°.8
Degree of humidity Saturation=100.	81	78	79	79	78	77	79	78	80
Rainfall in inches	26.9	19.7	22.4	22.1	18.9	22.3	22.3	20.3	19.5
Mean hourly horizontal movement of the air.	12.4 miles	11.6 miles	11.4 miles	12.2 miles	11.8 miles	11.5 miles	12.1 miles	11.51 miles	11.5 miles
Annual Rate of Mortality per 1,000.
London	17.8	19.8	18.6	18.2	18.7	19.8	18.8	17.1	17.6	15.6
City of London	17.2	18.3	17.8	19.3	16.3	18.5	19.4	16.6	16.4	12.0

Table: 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 1903, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, &c.:—

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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 1903, 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.	Not City cases.
Small-pox	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Diphtheria	30	—	17	3	4	3	2	1
Membranous Croup	—	—	—	—	_	—	—	—
Scarlet Fever	79	2	61	7	—	5	2	2
Typhus „	—	—	—	-	—	—	—	—
Enteric „	15	—	11	—	2	1	—	1
Continued „	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Relapsing „	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-
Puerperal „	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cholera	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Erysipelas	-	7	—	—	2	1	—	1
Totals	136	10	89	10	8	10	4	5
Chicken-pox	59	57	-	—	-	2	—	—
Phthisis	4	4	—	—	-	—	—	-

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It will be seen from the above that during the year, excluding Chicken-pox and
Phthisis, 131 Certificates were received, including 10 "duplicates," and 4 in which the
diagnosis was subsequently found to be incorrect.
The total number of cases of " dangerous infectious disease " was therefore 117.

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City of London 1903

Table: meteorology at Greenwich, and death rates recorded in London and the City respectively for each year from 1894 to 1903.

Table: 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 1903, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, &c.:—

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City of London 1903

Table: meteorology at Greenwich, and death rates recorded in London and the City respectively for each year from 1894 to 1903.

Table: 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 1903, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, &amp;c.:—

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Table: 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 1903, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, &c.:—