Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906
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The following tables exhibit certain particulars of interest with respect to scarlet fever prevalence, &c., during 1906, and in the preceding ten years.
The Year. | Cases notified. | Case rate per 1.000 of population. | Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of population. | Case mortality per cent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896 | 1,011 | 5.95 | 39 | 0.23 | 3.9 |
1897 | 749 | 4.33 | 29 | 0.17 | 3.9 |
1898 | 474 | 2.75 | 23 | 0.13 | 4.8 |
1899 | 443 | 2.57 | 10 | 0.06 | 2 .2 |
1900 | 367 | 2.12 | 4 | 0.02 | 1.4 |
1901 | 475 | 2.68 | 15 | 0.08 | 3.2 |
1902 | 372 | 2.09 | 21 | 0.12 | 5.6 |
1903 | 330 | 1.85 | 14 | 0.08 | 4.2 |
1904 | 262 | 1.47 | 5 | 0.03 | 1.9 |
1905 | 332 | 1.85 | 21 | 0.12 | 6.3 |
Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1906, and in the Preceding Ten 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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1906 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 39 | 41 | 30 | 39 | 42 | 31 | 53 | 73 | 41 | 26 | 463 |
1905 | 19 | 16 | 32 | 15 | 35 | 36 | 27 | 34 | 21 | 31 | 21 | 32 | 13 | 332 |
1904 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 262 |
1903 | 18 | 12 | 32 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 37 | 46 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 20 | 330 |
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 | 468 |
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 |
Average 1896.1905 | 33.6 | 30.4 | 31.1 | 27.6 | 30.1 | 34.8 | 43.7 | 43.0 | 37.5 | 46.7 | 46.6 | 42.1 | 31.4 | 481† |
* Return comprises five weeks.
†Without correction for increase in population.