London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hanover Square 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square]
This page requires JavaScript
17
Cases of Infectious Diseases.
The following table shows the numbers of cases certified
by Medical Attendants in 1890, 1891, and 1892.
Table Vc.
| Name of Disease. | Number of Cases certified. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 145 | 122 | 318 |
| Enteric Fever | 40 | 26 | 42 |
| Continued Fever | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 64 | 74 | 118 |
| Erysipelas | 37 | 41 | 57 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Small Pox | 0 | 1* | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| English Cholera | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 292 | 270 | 541 | |
| *This case, however, on being removed to the Small-Pox Hospital was found not to be a case of that disease. | |||
Of the above 541 cases certified last year only 5 were
notified by householders.
The large number of cases certified during the year was
due to the mild but wide-spread epidemic of Scarlet Fever,
accompanied by Diphtheria, which has prevailed in London.
On account of an outbreak of this disease, I found it
necessary to recommend the closing of the Gilbert Street
Schools for some weeks, which was done with the best
results.
The Act continues to work quite satisfactorily, and
none of the friction that was foretold by its opponents has
occurred.