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St Luke 1898

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

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Both the puerperal cases died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
whence they had been removed from their own homes while
sulfering from the disease and after complicated labours.
There were 598 deaths classed as "Fever" within the
Metropolitan Area during the year, being equal to a rate of 0.13
per 1,000, and slightly below the average rate (0.15) in the
previous ten years. It is gratifying to note that St. Luke
stands amongst the sanitary areas which yielded the lowest
death.rates from fever during the year.
The table of Infectious sickness also shows a considerable
decrease under the head of Fever compared with the two previous
years, there being notified 15 cases of Enteric and 2 of
Puerperal Fever. During the year 1897 45 cases were certified
and for 1896 38 cases.

Table: Admissions and deaths at the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals, the Highgate Small.pox Hospital, and the London Fever Hospital of persons suffering from Small.pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever, 1889.1898 :—

Admissions and deaths at the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals, the Highgate Small.pox Hospital, and the London Fever Hospital of persons suffering from Small.pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever, 1889.1898 :—

Years.Small.pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.
Admissions.Deaths.Admissions.Deaths.Admissions.Deaths.Admissions.Deaths.
18897.4,83737074027831142
18902546,99152196531751895
18916785,6013601,330399759108
18923663813,6868502,02158443065
18932,54619015,3129182,853866544110
18941,22610811,8927253,6911,04153896
18959716511,8006013,688824661119
1896211816,6276744,58095660096
1887731315,5506285,726993664124
18985—12,4565216,615996869143