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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 1929
[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 | 4 | .... | 3 | l | .... | .... | .... | 4 |
| Diphtheria | 22 | l | 16 | 4 | l | 1 | .... | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 35 | 4 | 30 | l | .... | 1 | 3 | 31 |
| Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid) | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Puerperal Fever | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | .... | .... | 2 | .... | .... | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Acute Polio-myelitis | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Malaria contracted abroad | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Acute Primary Pneu-monia | 10 | 1 | .... | .... | 9 | .... | .... | 10 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneu-monia | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Amoebic Dysentery | 1 | .... | .... | .... | l | .... | .... | 1 |
| Totals | 76 | 8 | 49 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 71 |
| Chicken-pox | 10 | 8 | .... | 1 | l | .... | l | 9 |
| Measles | 4 | 1 | .... | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 4 |
| German Measles | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Totals | 90 | 17 | 49 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 84 |
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 1929 compared with the figures for the previous five years:-
In no case was it necessary to apply for an order for compulsory removal to hospital.
| Year. | Number of cases reported. | Per cent. of cases reported. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removed to Hospital. | Treated at home. | ||
| 1924 | 22 | 95.5 | 4.5 |
| 1925 | 49 | 89.8 | 10.2 |
| 1926 | 91 | 97.8 | 2.2 |
| 1927 | 61 | 90.2 | 9.8 |
| 1928 | 51 | 96.0 | 4.0 |
| Average for the five years | 55 | 93.8 | 6.1 |
| 1929 | 60 | 90.0 | 10.0 |