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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
Fulham 1900
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1900
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Diphtheria 2,356 339 14.4 760 188 24.7
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TABLE XVII. Showing the fatality at different age periods of the cases treated at home and of those removed to hospital: —
| Age. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Cases treated at home. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Cases. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | No. of Cases. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | |
| 0-1 | 11 | 1 | 9.1 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| 1—2 | 23 | 6 | 26.1 | 4 | 4 | 100 |
| 2—3 | 42 | 7 | 16.7 | 6 | 3 | 50 |
| 3-4 | 68 | 3 | 4.4 | 5 | – | – |
| 4-5 | 67 | 7 | 10.5 | 9 | 4 | 44.5 |
| 5-10 | 218 | 14 | 6.4 | 26 | 4 | 15.4 |
| 10-15 | 66 | 7 | 10.6 | 12 | 1 | 8.3 |
| 15—25 | 36 | 3 | 8.4 | 10 | – | – |
| 25—35 | 19 | – | – | 9 | – | – |
| 35—45 | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 45—55 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Total | 557 | 48 | 8.6 | 84 | 17 | 20.3 |
There is a marked contrast between the fatality of Diphtheria
and of Scarlet Fever as regards home and hospital cases. It
might be expected that the fatality of both diseases would be less
in cases treated at home than in those treated in hospital, as in
the former class we get a larger proportion of adults in whom the
diseases are less fatal, and also a larger proportion of mild and
doubtful cases. This has always been the case as regards Scarlet
Fever, but in Diphtheria the reverse obtains, as will be seen from
the following table, which embraces all the notified cases between
1893 and 1900.
TABLE XVIII.
Showing the fatality of cases of Scarlet Fever and of Diphtheria
treated at home and in hospital during the 8 years 1893-1900.
Cases
Cases Fatality treated
removed. Deaths. per cent. at home. Deaths. Fatality.
Scarlet Fever 3,850 200 5.2 1,305 32 2.5
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