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Kensington 1906
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906
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Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1906, and in the Preceding Ten Years.
| The Year. | No. of Recorded Cases. | Total N umber 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treated at Home. | Ramoved to Hospital. | At Home. | In Hospitals. | At Home | In Hospitals. | ||||||
| 1905 | 31 | 301 | 332 | 91 | — | 21 | 21 | — | 100 | 6.3 | 549 |
| 1904 | 37 | 225 | 262 | 86 | — | 5 | 5 | — | 100 | 1.9 | 365 |
| 1903 | 53 | 277 | 330 | 84 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 86 | 4.2 | 362 |
| 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 | 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 |
The deaths in London, as a whole, 533, were approximately 34 below the corrected
decennial average : 527 of the deaths, (99 per cent.) took place in public institutions. The case.
mortality was 2.6 per cent.; the mortality.rate 0.11 per 1,000 of the population.
The information as to scarlet.fever mortality in the Borough in the fifty.one years 1856.
1906 set out in Appendix II. (Tables B, C, D, pages 141 and 142) shows the great reduction
in the fatality of this disease in recent years.
DIPHTHERIA.
The cases notified as diphtheria (including membranous croup, classified by the Registrar.
General as diphtheria) were 164; compared with 160, 186, and 125, in the preceding three years:
96 in North Kensington and 68 in South Kensington. The deaths were 19 (a case.mortality of
11.6 per cent., and 18 below the corrected decennial average (37): 13 in the Town sub.district,
and 6 in Brompton : 18 of the deaths took place in hospitals, to which 141 cases were removed—
a case.mortality of 8.5 per cent. Twelve of the deaths were of children under five years of age.
The mortality rate was 0.11 per 1,000 of the population. The localities of notifications and deaths
are set out in Table XI (page 131) and Table XII. (page 134), and the deaths in four.weekly
periods in the table at page 16.
Detailed information in regard to diphtheria mortality in the borough in 51 years—
1856.1906, is set out in Appendix II., Tables B, C, and D, pp. 141 and 142.
The deaths in London, as a whole, were 691, and considerably less than a half of the
corrected decennial average number (1,536), compared with 752, 729, and 533, in the three preceding
years. The mortality rate was 0.15 per 1,000 of the population. The notifications were
8,035 in number, compared with 7,727, 7,224, and 6,489, in the three preceding years. The cases
admitted to hospital were 5,264, compared with 5,113, 4,739, and 4,180, in the preceding three
years; and the deaths in hospital 447, a case.mortality of 8.5 per cent. At the close of the year
there were 1,000 cases under treatment in the hospitals, compared with 739, 807, and 701, at the
corresponding period in the preceding three years.