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Willesden 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Measles.—The following Table, No. 36, shows in each
year since 1907 the number of cases coming under the notice
of the Health Department, and the number of deaths
occurring among these cases; the number of deaths occurring
among unknown cases, and the probable number of
these cases assuming the fatality rate to have been the same
in each class:—
Table No . 36.
| Year. | Total No. of Cases known before death. | Cases unknown prior to death. | Percentage of all probable Cases coming to knowledge. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality Rate per cent. | Deaths. | Estimated No. of Cases. | |||
| 1907 | 1,442 | 25 | 1.75 | 20 | 1,153 | 55 | 2,595 |
| 1908 | 1,678 | 26 | 1.55 | 29 | 1,871 | 47 | 3,549 |
| 1909 | 1,445 | 17 | 1.17 | 24 | 2,040 | 41 | 3,485 |
| 1910 | 1,757 | 13 | 0.74 | 17 | 2,297 | 43 | 4,054 |
| 1911 | 1,845 | 26 | 1.40 | 25 | 1,774 | 51 | l,619 |
| 1912 | 1,665 | 17 | 1.02 | 18 | 1,763 | 48 | 3,428 |
| 1913 | 1,656 | 21 | 1.26 | 48 | 3,785 | • 30 | 5,441 |
| 1914 | 539 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | *664 | *45 | 1,203 |
| Totals | 12,027 | 145 | 1.20 | 189 | 15,347 | 44 | 27,374 |
| * These figures are based on the average for the years 1907-1914. | |||||||