Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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the amount of money spent seems excessive; in "the administration" of
the Hospital, it has been spent judiciously, and the public have had
value for their money; and if Diphtheria can be kept within reasonable
limits and its death rate of 1 in 8 reduced, your Authority need have no
regrets.
I have received the following Report from Dr.
Cameron, the Resident Medical Officer at the
Sanatorium: -
There were 226 patients admitted during the year 1902.
Of these, 139 were sent in as Scarlet Fever, 85 as Diphtheria, and 2
as Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
The following table gives the number each month: -
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
January | 7 | 7 | - | 14 |
February | 7 | 3 | - | 10 |
March | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
April | 9 | 6 | - | 15 |
May | 6 | 8 | - | 14 |
June | 11 | 5 | - | 16 |
July | 23 | 13 | - | 36 |
August | 15 | 6 | - | 21 |
Sept. | 16 | 7 | - | 23 |
October | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
Nov. | 20 | 9 | - | 29 |
Dec. | 12 | 5 | - | 17 |
139 | 85 | 2 | 226 |
The average number of patients in Hospital for the year 1902 was as
follows: -
January 24
February 20
March 22
April 21
May 21
June 24
July 28
August 39
September 39
October 39
November 39
December 37