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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
Finsbury 1914
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1914
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SCARLET FEVER.
There were 438 notifications of scarlet fever, resulting in six
deaths. This number of notifications was last exceeded in 1907.
The number of deaths in the year still keeps at the comparatively
low numerical level which began in 1909. The epidemic which
prevailed in 1914 was an exceedingly mild one, and exhibited the
same characteristics as the epidemic of the previous year in
respect of missed cases, difficulties and errors of diagnosis, and
the attendance of unrecognised cases at school.
With the exception of 39 cases, all the rest, 399 in number, were
between one and fifteen years. The deaths were 1.36 per cent.
of the total number of cases, or, roughly, one in every 70 children
affected died. Four cases were treated at liome; suitable measures
were taken to ensure the isolation of the patient. The rest, 434,
were treated in hospital.
The particulars with regard to previous years are appended. Scarlet Fever, 1901-1914.
| Year. | Actual No. of cases. | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortality. No. of Deaths per 100 cases notified. | No. of cases per 10,000 of Population. | No. of Deaths per 10,000 of Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 495 | 19 | 3.8 | 48.9 | 1.8 |
| 1902 | 381 | 15 | 3.9 | 38.1 | 1.5 |
| 1903 | 283 | 12 | 4.2 | 28.7 | 1.2 |
| 1904 | 323 | 17 | 5.2 | 33.2 | 1.7 |
| 1905 | 456 | 21 | 4.6 | 47.5 | 2.1 |
| 1906 | 422 | 13 | 6.1 | 44.6 | 1.3 |
| 1907 | 471 | l6 | 3.4 | 50.5 | 1.7 |
| 1908 | 387 | 12 | 3.1 | 42.1 | 1.3 |
| 1909 | 231 | 9 | 38.9 | 25.5 | .9 |
| 1910 | 126 | 4 | 3.17 | 14.1 | .4 |
| 1911 | 171 | 6 | 3.5 | 19.5 | .6 |
| 1912 | 159 | 5 | 31.5 | 18.4 | .58 |
| 1913 | 251 | 5 | 1. 93 | 29.6 | .59 |
| 1914 | 438 | 6 | 1.36 | 52.6 | .72 |