Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.—During the year
233 cases of this disease were notified, and 215, or 92.3 per
cent., were treated in hospital.
The following Table, No. 46, shews the number of cases
notified, the number and percentage removed to hospital,
and the incidence and fatality rates each year since 1892.
Table No . 46.
Year. | No. of Cases notified. | No. of Cases, removed to Hospital. | Percentage of Cases removed to Hospital. | Incidence Rate. Cases per 1,000 population. | Fatality Rate. Deaths per 1,000 cases. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1892 | 145 | 14 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 127 |
1893 | 229 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 199 |
1894 | 129 | 8 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 126 |
1895 | 186 | 66 | 35.4 | 2.2 | 190 |
1896 | 173 | 51 | 29.4 | 2.1 | 169 |
1897 | 275 | 32 | 48.0 | 2.9 | 250 |
1898 | 335 | 217 | 64.7 | 3.3 | 204 |
1899 | 319 | 183 | 57.3 | 2.9 | 148 |
1900 | 226 | 120 | 53.1 | 1.9 | 124 |
1901 | 404 | 190 | 47.0 | 3.4 | 138 |
1902 | 440 | 222 | 50.4 | 3.5 | 122 |
1903 | 221 | 122 | 55.2 | 1.6 | 46 |
1904 | 353 | 290 | 82.1 | 2.6 | 54 |
1905 | 275 | 227 | 82.5 | 1.9 | 51 |
1906 | 286 | 222 | 77.6 | 2.0 | 57 |
1907 | 254 | 186 | 73.2 | 1.7 | 71 |
1908 | 215 | 175 | 81.3 | 1.4 | 65 |
1909 | 207 | 171 | 82.6 | 1.4 | 48 |
1910 | 166 | 142 | 85.5 | 1.1 | 66 |
1911 | 192 | 130 | 67.7 | 1.2 | 57 |
1912 | 222 | 191 | 86.0 | 1.4 | 45 |
1913 | 233 | 215 | 92 3 | 1.4 | 34 |