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City of London 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
In the following Tables will be found particulars of infectious disease notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, infirmaries, &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 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Diphtheria, including 1 Membranous Croup. | 29 | 1 | 20 | – | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 114 | 11 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
| Enteric | 10 | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | – |
| Erysipelas | 15 | 11 | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| Totals | 170 | 23 | 88 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
| *Chicken-pox | 50 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | 1 | – | – | 41 | – | – | |
| Totals | 262 | 74 | 88 | 14 | 56 | 20 | 10 |
* The notification of this disease is voluntary in the City of London.
It will be seen from the above that during the year, excluding Chicken-pox
and Phthisis, 170 Certificates were received, including 20 "duplicates," and
10 in which the diagnosis was subsequently found to be incorrect.
The total number of cases of "dangerous infectious disease" was therefore
140, as compared with 149 for the previous year.
TABLE C.
| year. | Number of cases reported. | Per cent. of cases reported. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removed to Hospital. | Treated at Home. | ||
| Average for previous five years. | |||