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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 1900

[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 29th, 1900, 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 29th, 1900, and indicates also where the same received treatment:—

Total Number of Certificates from each cause.Treated at the Metropolitan Asylums Hoard Hospital.Treated at General Hospitals and Infirmaries.Treated at the Loudon Fever Hospital.Treated at their own Homes.Duplicate Certificates.Erroneously Diagnosed.Actual Number of Cases from each cause.
Small-Pox........................
Scarlet Fever10584...828394
Diphtheria805413462177
Typhus Fever........................
Enteric Fever341810...42...32
Continued Fever........................
Membranous Croup1.........1......1
Puerperal Fever1.........1......1
Erysipelas67...11...558...59
Total number from the several causes.288156341268204264

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The amount paid to the Medical practitioners for furnishing the
above Certificates amounted to £27 16s. 6d. For the year 1899
the sum of £35 8s. 6d. was paid. The Yestry 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.