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City of London 1926
[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 | 49 | 44 | 3 | .... | l | l | 47 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 45 | l | 34 | 3 | .... | 6 | l | 38 |
| Enteric Fever (including Para.typhoid) | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Puerperal Fever | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| Erysipelas | 8 | l | .... | .... | 5 | 2 | .... | 6 |
| Cerebro.spinal Meningitis | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Acute Polio.myelitis | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Measles | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Rubella | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Malaria contracted abroad | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 9 | .... | .... | .... | 8 | 1 | .... | 8 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1 | .... | .... | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | l | .... |
| Totals | 113 | 2 | 78 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 100 |
| Chicken.pox | 5 | 4 | .... | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 5 |
| Totals | 118 | 6 | 78 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 105 |
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 1926 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. | ||
| 1921 | 131 | 95.4 | 4.6 |
| 1922 | 77 | 94.8 | 5.2 |
| 1923 | 64 | 95.3 | 4.7 |
| 1924 | 22 | 95.5 | 4.5 |
| 1925 | 49 | 89.8 | 10.2 |
| Average for the five years | 68 | 94.2 | 5.8 |
| 1926 | 91 | 97.8 | 2.2 |