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City of London 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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TABLE C.
Return of infectious disease, exclusive of Chicken-pox and Phthisis, occurring in the City of London, with the percentage of such cases removed to hospital or treated at home during 1905, compared with the previous five years:—
| Year. | Number of cases reported. | Per cent. of cases reported. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removed to Hospital. | Treated at Home. | ||
| 1900 | 196 | 79.1 | 20.9 |
| 1901 | 214 | 82.2 | 17.8 |
| 1902 | 245 | 77.9 | 22.1 |
| 1903 | 117 | 91.5 | 8.5 |
| 1904 | 100 | 84.0 | 16.0 |
| Average for previous five years. | 174 | 82.9 | 7.1 |
| 1905 | 118 | 77.9 | 22.1 |
The case mortality of those attacked with notifiable disease was:—
| Recovered. | Died. | Total. | Case mortality per cent. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 12 | 1 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 73 | 1 | 74 | 1.3 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 23 | — | 23 | — |
| Chicken-pox | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — |
| Membranous Croup | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 130 | 3 | 133 |
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1905.
| Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. Botolph. | St. Sepulchre. | St. Botolph. | St. Sepulchre. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 6. | 6 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | 13 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 74 | — | 14 | 31 | 23 | 6 | — | 31 | 43 | 29 | 41 |
| Typhus „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric „ | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Continued „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal „ „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 23 | — | — | 2 | — | 18 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 113 | — | 20 | 37 | 26 | 27 | 3 | 55 | 58 | 43 | 46 |
| Chicken-pox | 20 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 9 | — | — |
| Phthisis | 28 | — | — | — | 3 | 25 | — | 4 | 24 | 2 | 24 |
| Totals | 161 | 1 | 29 | 45 | 31 | 52 | 3 | 70 | 91 | 45 | 70 |
| This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board. | |||||||||||