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St Pancras 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Other statistical facts in regard to the disease will be found at pp. 20-22.
In the following table are set out the number of cases of scarlet fever notified, the number of deaths, and the corresponding rates during the past 10 years:—
| Year. | Number of Notifications. | Notification rate per 1( 00 Population. | Number of Deaths. | Death-Rate per 1000 Population. | Percentage of Cases Removed. | Case-Mortality per Cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 987 | 4.16 | 27 | 0.11 | 95 | 2.74 |
| 1906 | 791 | 3.34 | 32 | 0.13 | 94 | 4.05 |
| 1907 | 851 | 3.59 | 26 | 0.11 | 91 | 3.06 |
| 1908 | 957 | 4.04 | 20 | 0.08 | 93 | 2.09 |
| 1909 | 774 | 3.26 | 17 | 0.07 | 97 | 2.20 |
| 1910 | 681 | 2.87 | 17 | 0.07 | 96 | 2.49 |
| 1911 | 445 | 1.88 | 10 | 0.04 | 95 | 2.24 |
| 1912 | 598 | 2.71 | 5 | 0.02 | 97 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 568 (536) | 2.55 (2.41) | 6 | 0.03 | 94 | 1.06 (1.12) |
| 1914 | 1207 (1180) | 5 53 (5.40) | 19 | 0.09 | 91 | 1.57(1.61) |
| 1915 | 1009 (900) | 4.62 (4.12) | 22 | 0.10 | 96 | 2.18 (2.44) |
| The figures in brackets are corrected for errors of diagnosis. The other figures are not corrected. | ||||||
The notification rate of scarlet fever per 1,000 population for the County of
London was 3.94. Five Metropolitan Boroughs had notification rates greater
than St. Pancras and 22 (exclusive of the City) less. The death-rate from
scarlet fever per 1,000 population for the County of London was 0.07.
Of the notified cases of scarlet fever, 971 (or 96 per cent.) were removed to
hospital, as follows:—
To Metropolitan Asylums Board hospitals 960
To other hospitals 11
971
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever.
The definition of "return-case" of scarlet fever adopted is as follows:— A
return-case of scarlet fever is one beginning within 28 days of the return from
hospital to the same house of a previous case of scarlet fever.
Upon this definition there were 27 return-cases of scarlet fever during 1915.
These were made up as follows:—
Houses with one return-case only 14
„ „ a series of 2 return cases 2
„ „ „ „ 3 „ „ 3