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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
Hornsey 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The attack rate per 1,000 of the population for the chief of these diseases during the last eight years was as follows:—
| 1911 | 1910 | 1909 | 1908 | 1907 | 1906 | 1905 | 1904 | 1903 | 1902 | 1901 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 211 | 206 | 2.66 | 2.90 | 3.45 | 5.13 | 3.29 | 2.50 | 2.68 | 3.52 | 6.87 |
| Diphtheria | 1.57 | 1.25 | 1.81 | 1.13 | 1.19 | 1.96 | 1.93 | 1.28 | 0.82 | 1.83 | 1.83 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.70 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.51 | 0.48 |
| Erysipelas | 0.47 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.41 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.33 | 0.44 | 0.54 |
| Small Pox | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.02 | 0.47 | 0.13 |
Scarlet Fever.—There were 179 cases of Scarlet Fever
notified in 1911, as against 173 in 1910, and against a yearly
average of 280 for the twenty years (1891.1910). There is therefore
an increase of 6 over the cases notified in 1910, but the cases
notified in 1911 were 101 fewer than the average number of
the preceding twenty years. The disease was mostly of a very
mild type, only one fatal case occurring among the 179 cases
notified. Nearly half the cases were notified in the 4th quarter
of the year.
Particulars as to cases notified, deaths, percentage removed to
Hospital, and Mortality, for a number of years past, are given
below:—
SCARLET FEVER.
| Year. | Estimated Population | Total No. ofcases of Scarlet Fever notified. | Attack Rate per 1,000 Population | No. of Deaths Registered from Scarlet Fever. | Fatality per cent. | Mortality per 1,000 Population | No. of Cases treated in Hospital. | Percentage removed to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 72,866 | 501 | 6.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 331 | 66 |
| 1902 | 73,992 | 261 | 3.52 | 2 | 0.76 | 0.02 | 246 | 94 |
| 1903 | 75,526 | 203 | 2.68 | 1 | 0.49 | 0.01 | 175 | 86 |
| 1904 | 78,659 | 197 | 2.50 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.01 | 133 | 67 |
| 1905 | 79,193 | 261 | 3.29 | 3 | 1.14 | 0.03 | 177 | 67 |
| 1906 | 80,095 | 411 | 5.13 | 6 | 1.45 | 0.07 | 249 | 60 |
| 1907 | 81,909 | 283 | 3 .45 | 4 | 1.41 | 0.04 | 174 | 61 |
| 1908 | 82,230 | 239 | 2.90 | 3 | 1.25 | 0.03 | 239 | 100 |
| 1909 | 83,034 | 221 | 2.66 | 3 | 1.35 | 0.03 | 173 | 78 |
| 1910 | 83,953 | 173 | 2.06 | 4 | 2.31 | 0.04 | 136 | 78 |
| 1911 | 84,711 | 179 | 2.11 | 1 | 0.55 | 0.01 | 113 | 63 |