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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
Richmond upon Thames 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Percentage of
Infectious Cases
removed to
Hospital.
Of the 83 cases of Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, and
Enteric Fever, which were notified in the Borough,
there were 58 removed to the Hospital, which is at the
rate of 70 per cent., as compared with 74.2 per cent.
for the previous year and 64.5 per cent., in 1904.
1906. 1905. 1904. 1903. 1902. 1901.
Per Per Per Per Per Per
cent. cent. cent. cent cent cent.
Small-pox — — — 100 90 100
Diphtheria and Croup 43.7 72.8 66 64 63 66.6
Scarlet Fever 81 84.7 67.6 84.8 84.7 84.6
Enteric Fever 37.5 38.6 28 30 47 75
Bacterioscopic
Examination of
Material from
Suspected Cases
of Diphtheria
and Enteric
Fever.
The arrangement made between the Health Committee
and the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
whereby any medical practitioner in the Borough can
obtain at the Town Hall a suitable apparatus for
collecting and forwarding material from suspected
cases to the Lister Institute, has been found of great service.