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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

St Luke 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]

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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT,
and
WORK OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
Notification of Infectious Diseases.

Table: The following Table gives the number and nature of the cases notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health Act during the 52 weeks ended December 31st, 1898, and indicates also where the same received treatment:-

The following Table gives the number and nature of the cases notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health Act during the 52 weeks ended December 31st, 1898, and indicates also where the same received treatment:-

Total Number of Certificates from each cause.Treated at the Met ropolitan Asylums Board Hcspital.Treated at General Hospitals and Infirmaries.Treated at the London Fever Hospital.Treated at their own Hemes.Duplicate Certificates.Erroneously Diagnosed.
Small-Pox.....................
Scarlet Fever197185...4862
Diphtheria1871605319168
Typhus Fever.....................
Enteric Fever1546...51...
Continued Fever.....................
Membranous Croup4...2...2......
Puerperal Fever2...2............
Erysipelas59...10...493...
Total number from all causes464349257832610

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The amount paid to the Medical practitioners for furnishing
the above Certificates amounted to £44 17s. 6d. For the year
1897 the sum of £57 3s. was paid. The Vestry is recouped for
this expenditure by the Metropolitan Asylums Board (out of the
Metropolitan Common Poor Fund), to which Board a copy of
each certificate is sent within 12 hours of the receipt of the same.