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City of London 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.—In the following tables will be found particulars of certificates relating to cases of infectious disease, forwarded to the Medical Officer of Health under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, infirmaries, &c.
| NAME 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 subsequently-found to be incorrect. | Net number of Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | 44 | 33 | l | 6 | l | 3 | 40 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 36 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 32 | ||
| Enteric Fever | ||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | ||||||||
| Acute Polio-myelitis | ||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | l | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Measles | ||||||||
| Rubella | ||||||||
| Malaria contracted abroad | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 7 | l | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | l | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 95 | 6 | 61 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 86 |
| Chicken-pox .... | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Totals | 97 | 8 | 61 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 88 |
The following is a return of infectious diseases which have occurred in the
City of London, exclusive of Tuberculosis, Measles, Rubella, Malaria, Pneumonia
and Chicken-pox, with the percentages of such cases removed to hospitals for
treatment or nursed at home during 1922 compared with the figures for the
previous five years:—
Number of Per cent, of cases reported.
Year. cases reported. Removed to Hospital Treated at home
1917 51 94.1 .... .... 5'9
1918 42 88.1 11-9
1919 41 90.2 9 8
1920 74 91.9 8-1
1921 131 95.4 4 6
Average for the five years 67.8 91.9 8.1
1922 77 94.8 5.2