Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The following tables exhibit certain particulars of interest with respect to scarlet fever prevalence, &c., during 1907, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1907 | 522 | 2.89 | 9 | 0.05 | 1.7 |
1906 | 463 | 2.57 | 11 | 0.06 | 2.4 |
1905 | 332 | 1.85 | 21 | 0.12 | 6.3 |
1904 | 262 | 1.47 | 5 | 0.03 | 1.9 |
1903 | 330 | 1.85 | 14 | 0.08 | 4.2 |
1902 | 372 | 2.09 | 21 | 0.12 | 5.6 |
1901 | 475 | 2.68 | 15 | 0.08 | 3.2 |
1900 | 367 | 2.12 | 4 | 0.02 | 1.4 |
1899 | 443 | 2.57 | 10 | 0.06 | 2.2 |
1898 | 474 | 2.75 | 23 | 0.13 | 4.8 |
1897 | 749 | 4.33 | 29 | 0.17 | 3.9 |
Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1907, 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—41 | Weeks. 45—48. | Weeks. 49—52. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1907 | 40 | 32 | 43 | 32 | 37 | 57 | 37 | 30 | 29 | 47 | 59 | 42 | 37 | 522 |
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 |
Average 1897-1906 | 26.7 | 23.5 | 27.1 | 27.0 | 30.5 | 31.0 | 38.3 | 38.8 | 31.4 | 44.6 | 43.5 | 37.1 | 26.3 | 426† |
Return comprises five weeks
† Without correction for increase in population.