London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: statistics of notifications and removals to hospital.

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................................
Diphtheria20....181....1415
Scarlet Fever301262....1128
Enteric Fever (including Para.typhoid) Puerperal Fever2....1....1....11
Puerperal Pyrexia1............1........1
Erysipelas52........21....4
Cerebro.spinal Meningitis1............1........1
Acute Polio.myelitis................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum22....................2
Malaria contracted abroad................................
Acute Primary Pneumonia2............2........2
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia................................
Encephalitis Lethargica................................
Food poisoning or suspected food poisoning Amoebic Dysentery................................
Chicken.pox1414....................14
Totals771945373668
Measles................................
Totals771945373668