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City of London 1938
[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 nutnbrr of Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Diphtheria | 12 | .... | 12 | .... | .... | .... | 6 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | .... | 8 | .... | l | .... | 1 | 8 |
| Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid) | 1 | .... | .... | .... | l | .... | .... | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Erysipelas | 3 | .... | 2 | .... | .... | l | .... | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | .... | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 |
| Acute Polio-myelitis | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | l | .... | .... | l | .... | .... | 2 |
| Malaria contracted abroad | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 3 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | .... | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargira | 1 | .... | .... | .... | l | .... | .... | 1 |
| Food poisoning or suspected food poisoning | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1 | .... | 1 |
| Dysentery | 5 | .... | 3 | .... | 2 | .... | 1 | 4 |
| Measles | 49 | 37 | 10 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 49 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 |
| Totals | 90 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 80 |
The following is a return of infectious diseases which have occurred in the City of
London, exclusive of Tuberculosis, Measles, Whooping Cough, Pneumonia and Food
Poisoning, with the percentages of such cases removed to hospitals for treatment or nursed
at home during 1938 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. | ||
| 1933 | 56 | 87.5 | 12.3 |
| 1934 | 61 | 90.2 | 9.8 |
| 1935 | 52 | 90.3 | 9.7 |
| 1936 | 35 | 97.1 | 2.9 |
| 1937 | 21 | 85.7 | 14.3 |
| Average for the five years | 45 | 90.2 | 9.8 |
| 1938 | 25 | 96.0 | 4.0 |
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