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City of London 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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STATISTICS OF NOTIFICATIONS AND REMOVALS TO HOSPITAL.
| 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 | 19 | .... | 15 | .... | l | .... | 3 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 26 | .... | 21 | 2 | l | 2 | .... | 24 |
| Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid) | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ..... | .... | .... | l | .... | .... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 5 | .... | .... | 2 | .... | .... | 7 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | .... | ..... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Acute Polio-myelitis | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | *1 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 |
| Measles | .... | .... | .... | .... | ..... | .... | .... | .... |
| Rubella | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | ..... |
| Malaria contracted abroad | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 8 | 4 | ..... | .... | 4 | .... | .... | 8 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ..... | .... | .... | 1 | .... | .... | 1 |
| Totals | 65 | 12 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 60 |
| Chicken-pox | 39 | 39 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 39 |
| Totals | 104 | 51 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 99 |
The following is a return of infectious diseases which have occurred in the City of London, exclusive of Tuberculosis, Measles, Rubella, Malaria, Pneumonia, Ophthalmia Neonatorum and Chicken-Pox, with the percentages of such cases removed to hospitals for treatment or nursed at home during 1925 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 | ||
| 1920 | 74 | 91.9 | 8.1 |
| 1921 | 131 | 95.4 | 4.6 |
| 1922 | 77 | 94.8 | 5.2 |
| 1923 | 64 | 95.3 | 4.7 |
| 1924 | 22 | 95.5 | 4.5 |
| Average for the five years | 76 | 94.6 | 5.4 |
| 1925 | 49 | 89.8 | 10.2 |
If erysipelas is excluded 100% of the cases occurring within the City are removed
to hospitals in preference to treatment at their homes.
* Patient recovered and suffered no impairment of vision.