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City of London 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during: the Year 1910.
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 in correct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 19 | — | 12 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 24 | — | 13 | 5 | — | 4 | 2 |
| Enteric „ | 4 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 |
| Puerperal „ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 17 | 10 | — | — | 6 | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 66 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| *Chicken-pox | 24 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Phthisis | 4 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 94 | 38 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 6 |
| *The notification of this disease is voluntary in the City of London. | |||||||
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,
†For cases of this disease notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulation, see p. 24.
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 Inspectors is given on page 58.
The following is a Return of infectious disease notified, exclusive of Chicken-pox and Phthisis, occurring in the City of London, with the percentages of such cases removed for treatment to hospitals or nursed at home during 1910, compared with the figures for the previous five years: —
| Year. | Number of cases reported. | Per cent. of cases reported. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removed to Hospital. | Treated at Home. | ||
| 1905 | 113 | 77.9 | 22.1 |
| 1906 | 149 | 91.9 | 8.1 |
| 1907 | 140 | 84.3 | 15.7 |
| 1908 | 90 | 91.0 | 9.0 |
| 1909 | 67 | 82.1 | 17.9 |
| Average for previous five years. | 112 | 85.4 | 14.6 |
| 1910 | 54 | 79.6 | 20.4 |