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Hornsey 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Scarlet Fever.— There were 346 cases of Scarlet Fever
notified in 1914, as against '206 in 1918, and against a yearly
average of 269 for the twenty years (1894-1913). There is therefore
an increase of 140 over the cases notified in 1913, and an
increase of 77 on the average number for the preceding twenty
years. The disease was mostly of a very mild type, there being
only one fatal case occurring among the 346 cases notified.
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. of cases of Scarlet Fever notified. | Attack Rate per 1,000 Population | No. of Deaths Registered from Scarlet Fever. | Fatality percent. | Mortality per 1,000 Population | No. of Cases removed to Hospital. | Percentage removed to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 72,866 | 501 | 6.87 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 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 | 164 | 68 |
| 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 | 84,696 | 179 | 2.11 | 1 | 0.55 | 0.01 | 113 | 63 |
| 1912 | 85,522 | 138 | 1.61 | 3 | 2.17 | 0.03 | 85 | 61 |
| 1913 | 88,160 | 206 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 155 | 75 |
| 1914 | 89,834 | 346 | 3.85 | 1 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 251 | 72 |
Diphtheria.— There were 101 cases of Diphtheria notified
in 1914, as against 115 in 1913, and against a yearly average of
109 for the twenty years (1894-1913). There is therefore a
decrease of 14 from the number of cases notified in 1913, and
an increase of 8 as compared with the yearly average for the preceding
'20 years. When the increase of population is taken into