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Willesden 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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SCARLET FEVER.
The following table shows the annual fatality
rate of Scarlet Fever cases admitted to the Hospital
since 1896.
TABLE No. 8.
| 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 1.4 |
The rate for 1892, it will be observed, is the
lowest recorded. For some years Scarlet Fever has
been of a much milder type than used to characterise
it, and this year the cases admitted to Hospital show
not only a reduction in the fatality rate, but also in
the incidence of the complications which lend to it so
much more formidable a character than it would
otherwise possess.
The following comparative table exhibits the
number of cases in which the chief complications
occurred, and the rate per cent, of the cases which
yielded them:—