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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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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 | l | 3 | 0 |
| 1903 | 85 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1904 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 1905 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 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 | 7 |
| 1910 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
| 1911 | 124 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 10 |
| 1912 | 116 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1913 | 124 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Discharge Notices.
The number of certificates received from the Metropolitan Asylums Board
regarding the return of patients sent to hospital with infectious diseases was 392
and referred to 577 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 somewhat less prevalent in 1913 than in 1912, 132 cases as
against 147 in the previous year. Of the cases 6 died, and the case mortality rate
was practically the same as in 1912, viz.: 4.5 as compared with 4.8 per cent.
The number of cases per 1,000 of the population was 1.31.
The number of swabs from doubtful cases submitted for bacteriological
examination was 138.
A positive result was returned in 33 instances.
Of the registration districts that contributing the largest number of cases was
Christ Church with 47. All Souls and St. Mary each gave 38, and St. John 9.
As usual the age groups 1-5 and 5-15 were those most affected, 52 of the cases
falling into the former and 46 into the latter group.
One application for a free supply of antitoxin under the Diphtheria Antitoxin
(London) Order, 1910, was received.
The nuisances detected during the course of investigating the notified cases were:
Dirty Premises, etc., 34; Defective Drainage, 1. These were all remedied after
service of notices.