London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
This page requires JavaScript
58
Scarlet Fever.—During the year 765 cases of this
disease were notified, and of this number 682, or 89.1 per
cent. were removed to Hospital.
The following Table, No. 28, shows the number of cases
notified, the number and percentage removed to Hospital,
and the Incidence and Fatality rates each year since 1892:—
Table No.28.
| 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 | 366 | 49 | 13.3 | 5.5 | 22 |
| 1893 | 589 | 107 | 18.1 | 8.5 | 25 |
| 1894 | 268 | 83 | 30.9 | 3.6 | 26 |
| 1895 | 392 | 243 | 61.9 | 4.9 | 43 |
| 1896 | 475 | 282 | 59.3 | 5.5 | 35 |
| 1897 | 510 | 320 | 62.7 | 5.4 | 21 |
| 1898 | 361 | 209 | 57.8 | 3.6 | 28 |
| 1899 | 414 | 220 | 53.1 | 3.9 | 38 |
| 1900 | 335 | 188 | 56.1 | 2.9 | 35 |
| 1901 | 553 | 265 | 47.9 | 4.9 | 21 |
| 1902 | 466 | 282 | 60.5 | 3.8 | 27 |
| 1903 | 502 | 393 | 78.2 | 3.8 | 22 |
| 1904 | 326 | 242 | 74.2 | 2.4 | 6 |
| 1905 | 397 | 328 | 82.6 | 2.8 | 13 |
| 1906 | 637 | 543 | 85.2 | 4.5 | 17 |
| 1907 | 641 | 547 | 85.3 | 4.4 | 30 |
| 1908 | 737 | 651 | 88.3 | 5.0 | 19 |
| 1909 | 638 | 556 | 87.1 | 4.4 | 25 |
| 1910 | 314 | 265 | 84.3 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 1911 | 326 | 226 | 69.3 | 2.1 | 15 |
| 1912 | 430 | 373 | 86.7 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 1913 | 504 | 446 | 88.5 | 3.1 | 14 |
| 1914 | 765 | 682 | 89.1 | 4.6 | 7 |
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever.—A "return case" of
scarlet fever may be defined as a case which occurs in the
same household after a case of scarlet fever has been set
free from isolation at hospital or at home, as the case may
be. The latter case is called the "infecting case."
The following Table, No. 29, gives certain particulars
with regard to the occurrence of "return cases" since 1905: