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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 1930
[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 Notifications received. | Treated at Home. | Removed to the L.C.C. Special Hospitals. | Removed to the London Fever Hospital. | Treated at other Hospitals and Institutions. | Duplicate Certificates received. | Diagnosis subsequently found to be incorrect. | Net number of Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 11 | .... | 10 | .... | .... | 1 | .... | 10 |
| Diphtheria | 20 | l | 19 | .... | .... | .... | l | 19 |
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | 2 | 18 | l | .... | l | l | 20 |
| Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid) | 2 | .... | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .... | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 1 | .... | .... | 5 | 3 | .... | 6 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Acute Polio-myelitis | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Malaria contracted abroad | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 6 | 1 | .... | .... | 5 | .... | .... | 6 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Amcebic Dysentery | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Chicken-pox | 23 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .... | l | 22 |
| Totals | 94 | 23 | 52 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 86 |
| Measles | 42 | 36 | 5 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 42 |
| German Measles | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Totals | 136 | 59 | 57 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 128 |
The following is a return of infectious diseases which have occurred in the City of
London, exclusive of Tuberculosis, Measles, Pneumonia and Chicken-Pox, with the
percentages of such cases removed to hospitals for treatment or nursed at home during 1930
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 actual cases. | Per cent, of actual cases reported. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removed to Hospital. | Treated at home. | ||
| 1925 | 49 | 89.8 | 10.2 |
| 1926 | 91 | 97.8 | 2.2 |
| 1927 | 61 | 90.2 | 9.8 |
| 1928 | 51 | 96.0 | 4.0 |
| 1929 | 60 | 90.0 | 10.0 |
| Average for the five years | 62-4 | 92.8 | 7.2 |
| 1930 | 58 | 93.1 | 6.9 |