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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
Marylebone 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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The cost of carrying out the requirements of the section relating to
notification of infectious diseases for the year was £74 is. equal to 11s. 10d. per
1,000 of the population.
The cost and rate per 1,000 for each year since 1901 are shown in the following Table:
| Year. | Amounts paid to Medical Practitioners. | Cost per 1,000 of Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | S. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1901 | 98 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 10 |
| 1902 | 152 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1903 | 85 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 19O4 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 1905 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |
| 1906 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| 1907 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 |
| 1908 | 70 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 1909 | 73 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 | |
| 1910 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
Discharge Notices.
The number of certificates received from the Metropolitan Asylums Board
regarding the return of patients sent to hospital with infectious diseases was 199
and referred to 259 cases. Visits were paid to these cases by the District
Inspectors, and advice given as to the date of the return of children to school,
and the advisability of obtaining treatment for and isolation of any suffering
from any sequel of a disease.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
Diphtheria was slightly more prevalent in 1910 than in 1909, 128 cases, as
against 109 in the latter year, having been notified. The form, however, was
apparently milder, the number of deaths being fewer, viz.: 8—6.2 per cent.
The number of cases per 1,000 of the population was 1.02.
Considerable advantage was taken of the arrangements made by the Council
for the carrying out of bacteriological examinations, in doubtful cases, the
number of swabs submitted being 107. Of these, 27 gave a positive and 80 a
negative result. All Souls and Christ Church districts as usual gave the greatest
number of cases, the numbers being 37 for the former and 41 for the latter.
St. John suffered least, contributing only 4. The number from St. Mary was 26.