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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Scarlet Fever.—The following Table, No. 24, 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. 24.
| Year. | No. of Cases notified. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital. | Percentage of Cases removed to Hospital. | Incidence Kate. Cases per 1,ooo population. | Fatality Rate. Deaths per 1,ooo 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 | 627 | 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 | 853 | 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 |
| 1915 | 453 | 406 | 89.6 | 2.7 | 33 |
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever.—A "return case" of
Scarlet Fever is defined for purposes of this report 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. 25, gives certain particulars
with regard to the occurrence of "return cases" since
1905.