Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1903
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The following tables exhibit certain particulars of interest with respect to scarlet fever
prevalence, &c., during 1903, and the ten preceding years, 1893-1902:—
Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1903, and in the Ten Preceding Years, in Thirteen Four-Weekly Periods.
The Year. | Weeks. 1-4. | Weeks. 5-8. | Weeks. 9-12. | Weeks. 13-16. | Weeks. 17-20. | Weeks 21- 24. | Weeks. 25—28. | Weeks 29-32. | Weeks. 33 - 36. | Weeks. 37—40. | Weeks. 41-44 | Weeks. 45-48. | Weeks. 49-52. | Total. |
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1902 | 36 | 31 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 21 | 32 | 20 | 26 | 35 | 37 | 18 | 26* | 372 |
1901 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 31 | 32 | 45 | 56 | 46 | 48 | 52 | 43 | 37 | 475 |
1900 | 32 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 41 | 31 | .35 | 364 |
1899 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 38 | 40 | 47 | 35 | 47 | 42 | 55 | 22 | 445 |
1898 | 34 | 40 | 34 | 39 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 45 | 38 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 34 | 478 |
1897 | 43 | 32 | 40 | 28 | 33 | 58 | 68 | 51 | 55 | 133 | 88 | 84 | 34 | 747 |
1896 | 79 | 90 | 57 | 45 | 37 | 68 | 93 | 94 | 92 | 84 | 104 | 91 | 77* | 1011 |
1895 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 24 | 63 | 91 | 62 | 66 | 525 |
1894 | 59 | 37 | 27 | 40 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 31 | 15 | 25 | 390 |
1893 | 45 | 60 | 38 | 34 | 56 | 84 | 84 | 110 | 67 | 113 | 117 | 88 | 61 | 957 |
Average 1893-1902 | 40·0 | 37·7 | 31·3 | 31·2 | 31·7 | 40·8 | 49·9 | 50·7 | 43·6 | 60·7 | 63·6 | 52·5 | 41·7 | 576† |
* Return comprises five weeks. † Without correction for increase in population.
The Year. | No. of Recorded Cases. | Total Number of Recorded Cases | Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases. | Deaths. | Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Recorded Cases. | Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever. | |||
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Treated at Home. | Removed to Hospital. | At Home. | In Hospitals. | At Home. | In Hospitals. | ||||||
1902 | 61 | 311 | 372 | 84 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 90 | 5·6 | 563 |
1901 | 92 | 383 | 475 | 81 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 73 | 3·2 | 584 |
1900 | 74 | 290 | 364 | 79 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 100 | 1·4 | 361 |
1899 | 101 | 344 | 445 | 77 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 80 | 2·2 | 398 |
1898 | 117 | 361 | 478 | 76 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 3·4 | 95·6 | 4·8 | 583 |
1897 | 188 | 561 | 749 | 75 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 10·3 | 89·7 | 3·9 | 780 |
1896 | 248 | 763 | 1011 | 75 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 18 | 82 | 3·9 | 942 |
1895 | 167 | 358 | 525 | 68 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 44 | 56 | 5·1 | 829 |
1894 | 131 | 259 | 390 | 66 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 77 | 5·6 | 962 |
1893 | 389 | 568 | 957 | 59 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 24 | 76 | 5·3 | 1,596 |