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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1908.
| Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases | notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | St. Botolph. | St.Sepulchre. | St. Botolph. | St .Sepulchre. | ||||||||
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 6 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||
| Small.pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria, including 1 Membranous Croup | 27 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | _ | 11 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 46 | — | 9 | 18 | 13 | 6 | — | 19 | 27 | 19 | 26 | 45 |
| Typhus „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric „ | 7 | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | |
| Relapsing „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal ,, | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 90 | 1 | 15 | 24 | 25 | 24 | — | 38 | 52 | 33 | 49 | 82 |
| *Chicken.pox | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| *Phthisis | 49 | — | — | — | 6 | 37 | 6 | — | 49 | — | 48 | 48 |
| Totals | 143 | 1 | 16 | 27 | 31 | 61 | 6 | 38 | 105 | 83 | 97 | 130 |
This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.
*The notification of this disease is voluntary in the City of London.
In each case a detailed examination was made of the sanitary condition of
the premises where infectious cases occurred, and a summary of defects found
by the District Inspector is given on page 58.
SHELTER FOR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
DURING DISINFECTION.
The Shelter in Golden Lane, Barbican, provided in accordance with Sec. 60
(4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, which enacts that "sanitary
"authorities shall provide free of charge temporary shelter or house
"accommodation with necessary attendants for the members of any family