[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand District, London].

  • Strand (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1901
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand District, London]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10 ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF STRAND DISTRlCT Notifiable Infectious Diseases. 149 certificates were received in 1900, relating to 140 cases of infectious disease. The amount paid for certificates during the year was £12. 14s., which is refunded by the Metropolitan Asylums Board. TABLE III. Cases notified per 1,000 resident population in 1900. Disease. London. Strand. St. Anne Sub-District. Strand Sub-District. Smallpox 0.01 — — — Scarlet Fever 3.01 3.52 4.91 1.92 Diphtheria & Membranous Croup 2.61 1.58 2.37 0.73 Typhus Fever 0.00 — — — Enteric Fever 0.93 0.44 0.50 0.36 Continued ,, 0.01 0.00 0.08 — Relapsing „ - — — — Puerperal ,, 0.05 — — — Cholera 0.00 — — — Erysipelas 1.03 0.39 0.50 0.27 Total 7.67 5.99 8.38 3.30 During 1900, no difficulty was experienced in obtaining admission of patients to hospital from the Strand District. 94 per cent. of the Scarlet Fever; 94.3 per cent. of the Diphtheria; 90.9 per cent. of the Enteric Fever; and 22.2 of the Erysipelas cases were so treated.
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