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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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There were no deaths from Scarlet Fever. Not since 1901 have
we been entirely free from Scarlet Fever mortality, although the
number of deaths from this disease is usually very small.
The death-rate calculated per thousand of the population from these diseases is the Zymotic death-rate, and is shewn below in Hornsey and in England and Wales for a number of years:—
| Horusey. | Zymotic death-rate England and Wales | 95 Great Towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 0.45 | ||
| 1912 | 0.35 | 0.83 | 1.04 |
| 1911 | 0.92 | 1.87 | 2.27 |
| 1910 | 0.32 | 0.99 | 1.23 |
| 1909 | 0.45 | 1.28 | 1.42 |
| 1908 | 0.55 | 1.34 | 1.59 |
| 1907 | 0.53 | 1.13 | 1.54 |
| 1906 | 0.94 | 1.73 | 2.24 |
| 1905 | 0.47 | 1.94 | |
| 1904 | 0.87 | 1.94 | |
| 1903 | 0.63 | 1.46 | |
| 1902 | 0.47 | 1.64 | |
| 1901 | 0.54 | 2.05 | |
| 1900 | 0.66 | 2.00 | |
| 1899 | 0.89 | 2.21 | |
| 1898 | 0.74 | 2.22 | |
| 1897 | 0.98 | 2.15 | |
| 1896 | 0.93 | 2.18 | |
| 1895 | 1.11 | 2.14 | |
| 1894 | 1.12 | 2.25 | |
| 1893 | 0.96 | 3.16 | |
| 1892 | 0.94 | 2.76 | |
| 1891 | 0.70 | ||
| 1890 | 1.15 | ||
| 1889 | 0.60 | ||
| 1888 | 1.05 | ||
| 1887 | 0.88 | ||
| 1886 | 1.42 | ||
| 1885 | 1.80 | ||
| 1884 | 1.91 | ||
| 1883 | 1.05 | ||
| 1882 | 1.77 |
The accompanying chart shews the annual death-rate from
Zymotic Diseases in Hornsey for the past 19 years, 1895-1913:—