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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 1897

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

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49
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 January 1st, 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 January 1st, 1898, and indicates also where the same received treatment:

Total Number of Certificates from each cause.Treated at the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital.Treated at General Hospitals and Infirmaries.Treated at the London Fever Hospital.Treated at their own Homes.Duplicate Certificates.Erroneously Diagnosed.
Small-Pox.....................
Scarlet Fever255195...112821...
Diphtheria20512123237202
Typhus Fever.....................
Enteric Fever461914...103...
Continued Fever.....................
Membranous Croup1.........1......
Puerperal Fever2.........2......
Erysipelas95...16...709...
Total number from all causes6043355313148532

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The amount paid to the Medical practitioners for furnishing
the above Certificates amounted to £57 3s. For the year 1896
the sum of £58 15s. 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.
Temporary Shelter.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, house accommodation,
with necessary attendants, has been provided at 41,